The Blame for Failing to Address the Budget Deficits of the 1980s

question 24

Multiple Choice

The blame for failing to address the budget deficits of the 1980s and early 1990s

• A)is clearly the fault of the Republican administrations.
• B)is clearly the fault of the Democratic Congresses.
• C)is a political question rather than an economic question.
• D)is an economic question rather than a political question.

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