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BALANCED BUDGET

 

DEFINITION: “Loosely, a budget with a surplus rather than a deficit.  In governmental accounting terms, a budget in which anticipated or actual total revenues equal anticipated or actual total expenditures.”

(Congressional Quarterly’s American Congressional Dictionary)

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·         How would a balanced budget effect an economic recession or depression?

·         Should a balanced budget amendment be a permanent part of the U.S. constitution?

·         Would a balanced budget increase taxes?

·         What effect will deficit spending have on the taxpayers and future generations?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Budget Deficits; Budget—United States; Deficit Financing; Government Spending Policy

 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

Congress A to Z     REF JK 1067.C67 1993
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency    REF JK 511.E53 1994 vol.1
Encyclopedia of the United States Congress   REF JK1067.E63 1995 v.1
Major Acts of  Congress REF KF 154 .M35 2004 v.3

 

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

Economics in America: Opposing Viewpoints (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

CQ Researcher      “Budget Surplus”  4/13/01; "Budget Deficit" 12/09/2005; "Budget Deficit" 12/09/2005

Issues & Controversies "Budget Deficit"   6/6/03; "Government Bailouts" 9/05/2008

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Complete Expanded Academic ASAP OmniFile Full Text Mega

 

STATISTICS:

America Economy: Information Plus "Budget Deficit"(also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Statistical Abstract of the United States  (also at Reference Desk)

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS:  America's Newspapers

 

INTERNET SITES:

White House: Budget     http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/budget/index.html
Public Agenda Online: Federal Budget 

http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=federal_budget
Washington Post:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/budget/budget.htm
Balanced Budget Amendment  

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2015.ENR

                

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