A Central Cause of the Rising Debt-GDP Ratio in the United

question 145

Multiple Choice

A central cause of the rising debt-GDP ratio in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s was

• A)the tax cuts of the early 1980s.
• B)continuous increases in the military portion of the federal budget.
• C)overly-generous indexation of Social Security benefits.
• D)deficit-reduction targets.

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