In Every Year Between 1998 and 2008,the Canadian Federal Government

question 13

Multiple Choice

In every year between 1998 and 2008,the Canadian federal government had a

• A)budget deficit,indicating that even deep cuts in government spending were not sufficient to alleviate the problem.
• B)primary deficit,indicating that tax revenues were insufficient to cover discretionary government expenditures.
• C)budget deficit,which contributed to a growing stock of government debt.
• D)primary surplus but overall deficit,indicating that tax revenues were more than sufficient to cover discretionary government expenditures.
• E)budget surplus,indicating that tax revenues were more than sufficient to cover total government expenditures.

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