Question

How do entitlement programs affect the creation of the federal budget?

a. Their funding is dictated by law, so policy-makers cannot change spending on them.
b. They provide flexibility for policy-makers so that they can more easily increase discretionary spending.
c. They are frequently cut during budget negotiations between the President and Congress.
d. They are not part of the federal budget and so have no impact on creation of it.

Answer 1

a. Their funding is dictated by law, so policy-makers cannot change spending on them.