Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Proposed Changes in the Way the Federal Government Operates
Examine amendments made to aid the government in balancing the budget and income tax as well as the debate over term limits.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: President Obama's Allowance
In this lesson, young scholars will identify different expenses in the US budget and will decide on the order of importance for different expenses.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy: Problems
This section provides three problems based to solve based on the content of Ch. 16: Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Government Budgets: Key Concepts and Summary
This section provides a summary of the key concepts presented in Chapter 16: Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Government Budgets: The Question of a Balanced Budget
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Understand the arguments for and against requiring the U.S. federal budget to be balanced and Consider the long-run and short-run effects of a federal budget deficit.
Other
U.s. Department of Labor: The Federal Budget Process
The Federal Government budgeting process is described. The link called "STEPS" further describes the budget process.
Digital History
Digital History: The Age of Inflation
This site is a short article on inflation, but has a few prices of everyday goods from 1967 that might help in understanding inflation and how much prices have increased.
Other
Cbpp: The Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment
This resource provides a series of papers from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch.16: Introduction to Government Budgets and Old Address
In this chapter, you will learn about the following: Government spending; Taxation; Federal deficits and national debt; Using fiscal policy to fight recessions, unemployment, and inflation; Automatic stabilizers; Practical problems with...
Curated OER
Federal Budget Expenses
Easy to use budget simulator that allows you to learn how much money is incorporated in the Federal Budget.