The federal budget
Understand the federal budget — discretionary versus mandatory spending, why deficits aren't necessarily debts, and what the numbers mean.
The federal budget is one of the topics LearnBench teaches under Society. The full lesson starts from what you already know — skip past it, and spend your time on what you're missing.
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