An Explanation of Why Governments Are Willing to Burden Future

question 16

Multiple Choice

An explanation of why governments are willing to burden future generations with debt to finance a war today is that:

• A) only present generations enjoy peace.
• B) future generations will enjoy peace and must pay nothing.
• C) future generations will enjoy peace and must pay something.
• D) future generations will never enjoy peace but must pay for current generations to enjoy it.
• E) current generations are more important to the government than future generations.

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