Your answer would be A (having fingerprints recorded).
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It was showed as a surplus because it was a surplus when it came to the budget. The problem behind it that for the first time in a while, the United States budget worked with a surplus after the year ended even though it was not the idea of a surplus that the people believed.
The surplus disappeared because it never really existed. It was a surplus but it didn't mean that the country was not in debt. The country had a huge amount of debt to other countries or to companies or to any other institution such as a bank. The surplus was eaten up by the debt accumulated over the years. There was a surplus, but the debt was not reduced.
I believe the answer is A. Because "Pop Culture" is the spread of a common culture that many people in the world no matter where they live can relate with. And as pop culture became more and more prevalent it seemed like the world was becoming a smaller place because of the shared interest within Pop culture.
pollution, public education, harder to get a job