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"Meeting the spending targets in this budget meant
some very difficult choices."
President Barack Obama,
2012 Budget Message of the President
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What did the president mean when he said he had to
face "very difficult choices" when creating a federal
budget?
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O deciding which country to borrow from to finance
spending
O deciding what would be funded and what would be
cut
deciding how to keep interest rates low on the
national debt
O deciding how much to increase tax rates
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Answer 1

President Barack Obama had to make tough decisions about what to fund and what to cut when creating the federal budget.

Step-by-step explanation:

When President Barack Obama said he had to face "very difficult choices" when creating a federal budget, he meant deciding what would be funded and what would be cut.

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