Presidential Economic Priorities


If you were President - what do you think, we should spend on the following.  What percentage of your country’s resources would you spend on the following?
_10%___ National Defense
_5%____ Roads, Mass Transit, Airplanes
_20%___ Health Care
_20%___ Education
_15%___ Social Security (for retired people)
_10%___ Welfare (people unable to work, or unemployed)
_20%___ Consumer Goods
_______ Other:____________________________________________
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100 -      remember your numbers / percentages should add up to 100.
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What were your priorities (most important)? Explain why? What received the least amount of resources? Why? 
 The most important are health care, education, and consumer goods.

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