Suppose There Was a Debate Regarding Student Financial Aid Budgets

question 2

Multiple Choice

Suppose there was a debate regarding student financial aid budgets and the Democrat was arguing for a budget increase from $40 billion to $50 billion and the Republican was arguing for the budget to increase to only $41 billion. Further suppose college costs were project to rise 10% even with the same number of students. The Democrat accuses the Republican of proposing a cut to education, the Republican insists his plan increases education spending. What is going on here?

• A)The Republican is cutting education only if you use current services budgeting.
• B)The Republican is cutting education only if you use baseline budgeting.
• C)Both are proposing increases. The Democrat is lying regardless of budgeting technique.
• D)Both are proposing cuts. They are both lying regardless of budgeting technique.

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