The Statement That "Repaying Our Enormous National Debt Will Ruin

question 25

Multiple Choice

The statement that "repaying our enormous national debt will ruin the nation" is

• A) t, because taxes will have to go up by such large amounts that American citizens will have very little income to live on.
• B) t, because most of our national debt is owed to foreigners.
• C) f, because the government will take emergency measures to prevent national bankruptcy.
• D) f, because each time the principal on the debt comes due, the U.S. Treasury rolls it over by issuing more debt.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian concept describing a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Superego

A component of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the moral conscience and ideal standards.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality structure that contains a person's basic, instinctual drives.

Electra Complex

In psychoanalytic theory, a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.