CHAPTER 10: ECONOMICS OF SPENDING Chevalier Fall 2015
Government Spending Why the increase in Gov’t. spending? WWII Public opinion Success of large scale public works Inevitable result of progress Military spending The aging of America Growth of cities and their infrastructure Deficit spending/ financing the debt
Two Kinds of Gov’t. Spending Goods and Services- Goods- 1. public sector vs. private sector spending Can the private sector do a better job? Prisons Military (Blackwater) Trash National parks Mail Education
Two Kinds of Gov’t. Spending Transfer Payments A payment for which the Gov’t. receives neither goods nor services in return Social security Welfare Unemployment Aid for people with disabilities
Forms of spending Per capita Per person ,300/person ,200/person , 041/person Gross or aggregate (total) trillion trillion trillion
Impact of Gov’t. Spending Where will the Government spend its resources? Resource allocation Guns vs. butter Price supports
Impact of Gov’t. Spending Redistribution of income Transfer payments can directly affect family income Closing of military bases in the 1990’s Price supports Progressive tax code
Impact of Gov’t. Spending Competing with the private sector Private vs. public college VA hospital vs. a private hospital
Federal Gov’t Expenditures Establishing the federal budget House and senate Mandatory vs. discretionary spending
Major spending categories
Deficit, surplus, and the nat’l debt Balanced budget Deficit spending Federal debt-total amount borrowed from investors to finance the government’s deficit spending How big is the debt? $2.2 Trillion $10.8 Trillion $18.4 Trillion
Impact of national debt Who pays the national debt? Has effects on people in America Taxes and incentives Foreign problems American manufacturers
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