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WSHS - C/E - Chapter 25 Terms - Boyd/Tedder

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budget   a plan for making and spending money  
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mandatory spending   federal spending required by law that continues without the need for annual approvals by Congress  
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discretionary spending   spending for federal programs that must receive annual approval  
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appropriations bill   legislation earmarking funds for certain purposes  
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Social Security   federal program that provides monthly payments to people who are retired or unable to work  
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Medicare   government program that provided healthcare for the aged  
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enormous   very large  
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intergovernmental revenue   funds one level of government receives from another level of government  
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sales tax   tax levied on a product at the time of sale  
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property tax   tax on land or property  
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entitlement program   a program using eligibility requirements to provide health, nutritional or income supplements to individuals  
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subsidize   to aid or promote with money  
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revenue   the income that a government collects for public use  
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utilize   to make use of  
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resource   wealth  
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surplus   situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded; situation in which government spends less than it collects in revenues  
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deficit   situation in which government spends more than it collects in revenues  
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bond   contract to repay borrowed money with interest at a specific time in the future  
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debt   money borrowed and not yet paid back  
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balanced budget   annual budget in which expenditures equal revenues  
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automatic stabilizer   program that when needed provides benefits to offset a change in people's incomes  
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precise   to be exact  
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ideological   a body of opinions  
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