Use the Debtfixer simulation found here (Links to an external site.). You are able to not choose something even when it says to choose one. Use the learn more links to discover what it is you are making a decision about. Be sure to take notes about what you do and why for your paper.

Paper Directions

After you have completed the activity trying to balance the federal deficit write a paper that discusses the listed questions. Do not answer in question-answer format. Rather, put your thoughts into academically written paragraphs that use APA formatting and citations. This paper may not have any citations. You are being asked to put things into your own words and critically think about the activity you participated in. Be detailed in your answers. They should be very specific to what you did and what you learned doing it.

1. Thinking about political socialization and ideology from module three, did the way you were socialized and the ideology you have developed thus far in your life influence the types of budget decisions you made? Explain why or why not.

2. Were there places you refused to make cuts? Why? If there were not, why were there no places you refused?

3. Was there places that were really easy to make cuts? Why? If there were not, why were there no places you found it easy?