Let's Check on Whether You Are Rationally Ignorant

question 172

Multiple Choice

Let's check on whether you are rationally ignorant. Which of the following four items is the biggest expenditure in the federal government's budget?

• A) Social Security
• B) welfare
• C) foreign aid
• D) health care

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Definitions:

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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