1. If for moment we take as given that some budget cuts must happen as part of addressing U.S. deficit/debt, then how should politicians go about prioritizing which programs get cut and which remain?
2. If, alternatively, we take as given that all existing programs must continue to exist, then how should politicians go about raising taxes to raise the necessary revenue to fund these programs?
3. Why is it so much harder to reach consensus at the federal level relative to state and local levels?
4. Explain how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's mischaracterized Acadia National Park as an example of democratic socialism given the definitions of rivalry, excludability and how we use those conditions to delineate public goods/club goods/common pool resources/private goods.