For This Question,refer to the Following Figure,The Annual Federal Budget

question 19

Multiple Choice

For this question,refer to the following figure,The Annual Federal Budget Deficit (or Surplus) ,1940-2015: Which of the following was the most direct cause of the trends depicted on the graph above?

• A) The deregulation of many industries
• B) Moral and political debates that sharply divided the nation
• C) The increase in economic inequality in the United States after 1980
• D) The popularity and institutional strength of some government programs

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