Please answer the questions using the budget.

\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l} \hline \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{ Discretionary Spending \$680 Billion } \\ \hline Requested & Requested & Amount Awari \\ \hline$620 billion & Department of Defense & 279.84 \\ \hline$131 billion & Department of Health and Human Services & 59.13 \\ \hline \$95 billion & Department of Transportation & 42.88 \\ \hline \$151 billion & Department of Veterans Affairs & 68.15 \\ \hline$51.7 billion & Department of State and Other International Programs & 23.33 \\ \hline$47.5 billion & Department of Housing and Urban Development & 21.44 \\ \hline$68 billion & Department of Education & 30.69 \\ \hline$40.6 billion & Department of Homeland Security & 18.32 \\ \hline$8.4 billion & Department of Energy & 3.79 \\ \hline$140 billion & Department of Agriculture & 63.19 \\ \hline$31 billion & Department of Justice & 13.99 \\ \hline$19.5 billion & NASA & 8.80 \\ \hline$8.6 billion & Department of Commerce & 3.88 \\ \hline$12.1 billion & Department of Labor & 5.46 \\ \hline$14 billion & Department of the Treasury & 6.32 \\ \hline$20.7 billion & Department of the Interior & 9.34 \\ \hline$8.1 billion & Environmental Protection Agency & 3.66 \\ \hline$7.4 billion & National Science Foundation & 3.34 \\ \hline$6 billion & US Army Corps of Engineers & 2.71 \\ \hline$1.1 billion & Corporation for National and Community Service & 0.50 \\ \hline$24.9 billion & General Government & 11.24 \\ \hline \$1.51 (1506.6) Trillion & Total & $680 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline Mandatory Spending Total & 2.52 Trillion \\ \hline Discretionary Spending Total & 680 Billion \\ \hline Total Budget & 3.2 Trillion \\ \hline \end{tabular} 1. Which agency's budget did you cut the most and why? 2. Which agency's budget did you cut the least and why? 3. What was the most difficult aspect of this budget simulation? 4. Why do you think the US almost never has a balanced budget? 5. Research one department's budget further to analyze exactly what/where the money goes to. Explain your analysis and whether this money is well spent, if the agency could use more funds, or if you think its budget could be cut without harming the American public