Try your hand at stabilizing the U.S. debt by using Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Simulation at http://crfb.org/stabilizethedebt/

Multiple subject Discussion questions 

1. Try your hand at stabilizing the U.S. debt by using Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Simulation at http://crfb.org/stabilizethedebt/. Read through the “Intro” and click “Next” in order to follow the simulation instructions. Answer the following questions once you have completed the simulation:

Were you successful in stabilizing the U.S. debt? If not, how much of a deficit or surplus did you end up with? What does this exercise tell you about the process of creating a budget plan?

Reexamine the budget cuts or increases you made. What problems would such changes pose for a politician facing reelection?

This budget simulator allows you only to change spending and tax expenditures over a one-year period. This poses what problems to finding a realistic economic solution? Macroeconomics 75 words

2. Choose one of the following projects:

a project to build a new shopping center in Japan,

a project to build a new prototype for a self-driving car, or

an information technology (IT) project to create a new internal product-receiving system.

As a project manager, what are some of the specific budgeting problems you might encounter? Considering those potential problems, what could you do to help ensure accurate cost estimation for your budget? Project management 75 words

3. In other countries, relationships among young adults vary widely. In Scandinavian countries, cohabitation is popular. Islam stresses male honor and female purity while Japanese young adults live at home with their parents for a longer time before marriage. In the United States, marriage has declined somewhat, but, to a certain extent, the United States is still a society that believes in marriage. There has been an increase in the number of couples who cohabitate before marriage. Do you believe it is a good idea to live with a person before marriage to get to know him or her or follow a more traditional route prior to marriage, waiting to live together after marriage? Why do you support this belief? Development psy 75 words

4. On balance, would Congressional term limits benefit or hinder the ability of Congress to perform its functions? Would term limits encourage members of Congress to work more effectively? Would term limits encourage members of Congress to work more effectively with the President? Identify your position on Congressional term limits and offer a brief justification for your views. American Government 75 words

5. When Congress was being established, the smaller states and the larger states were debating over how much representation each state would have in the federal government. Explain how the Great Compromise calmed the debate over this issue.

Your response should consist of at least 200 words.

Describe at least three situations in which the functions and powers of the president are checked and balanced by Congress. Why do you think checks and balances such as these are necessary?

Your response should consist of at least 200 words.