If the government spends exactly what it receives in taxes during a given interval, then the result is

A decrease in the government budget deficit decreases the ________ loanable funds and an increase in the government budget surplus increases the ________ loanable funds

A) demand for; demand for B) demand for; supply of C) supply of; demand for D) supply of; supply of

With respect to redistribution, one reason "The Big Tradeoff" exists is because

A) government programs employ resources that could have been productive elsewhere. B) government policymakers must choose between funding the various programs. C) government programs only employ resources that had no value to society otherwise. D) government programs only pay workers their opportunity cost.