The Interest Paid on Internally Held Debt

question 209

Multiple Choice

The interest paid on internally held debt:

• A) is a real claim on our goods and services.
• B) is roughly 20% of the federal budget.
• C) is paid out to one group of Americans from the taxes collected from another group of Americans.
• D) is a real burden on the U.S.economy.

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Definitions:

Reflex

A rapid, automatic response to a stimulus, an unconscious process that protects the body from harm or promotes adaptive functions.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

An unconditioned stimulus is something that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning being involved.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus through conditioning.