4. Social ? is a form of ? payment for which the government receives neither goods nor services. 5. Although Medicaid spending is ? other programs, such as cancer research and occupational safety are considered ? spending. 1. ? spending involves annual government spending in excess of ? collected. 2. The United States sells ? notes to make up for revenue shortfalls, but this leads to an increase in the ? debt. 3. One way public debt differs from ? debt is that the latter affects the debtor's ? power. Also, most of the national debt is debt we owe to ? while private debt is owed to others. 1. The national debt can cause a transfer of ? power from the private sector; when public debt increases, taxes ? and people have less money for themselves. 2. Because the government borrows so much, it can compete with business and individuals for the ? of available funds; this competition causes a ? - ? effect