The authors would be most likely to AGREE with which of the following statements?

Group of answer choices:

National deficits and debt are mainly the result of political decisions to spend more than the government takes in.

National deficits and debt are mainly the result of political decisions to increase entitlement programs such as Medicare.

Recent budget deficits result primarily from discretionary fiscal policy actions to fight recessions.

Recent budget deficits result primarily from discretionary fiscal policy actions to fight inflation.