What you’ll learn to do: identify the major spending categories and major revenue sources in the U.S. Federal budget

In this section, you will take a look at how the government makes its money and how the money is allocated.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The learning activities for this section include:

• Reading: Introduction to Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy
• Reading: Federal Government Spending
• Reading: Federal Taxes
• Self Check: The Federal Budget

Take time to review and reflect on each of these activities in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.