A budget deficit occurs when government expenditure is greater than revenue. When this happens the government is now forced to acquire loans to remedy the deficiency and as such national debt grows. A budget surplus occurs when revenue is greater than expenditure. When this occurs there is no need to get more loans and the surplus can now be used to service the national debt; thus reducing it.
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They help to convey the policy views of individuals and groups to public officials.
I don't believe they are. I don't believe they have been proven real either.
The correct answer is B. Greece was not centered around a river valley
Unlike Egypt that existed around Nile, and Mesopotamia that centered around Tigris and Euphrates
