The cuts will negatively affect these groups negatively. The reduction in transport will make it hard for the poor to move around, as the cost of transport will be high and raise the cost of transportation of goods (Griffin et al. n.p)). In addition, the cut on health will upgrade the cost of getting medication, therefore, affecting most of these groups negatively. Production of goods will be more expensive because of the cut in the community and regional development and transportation. Reduction of environmental expenditure will lead to reduced efforts for environmental conservation due to lack of enough resources (National Budget Simulation n.p).
The programs that I chose to cut are general Science, income security, international affairs, public administrations and Space and technology. This is because these programs are not vital to the running of the country, therefore, be managed with a small budget.
Natural resources and environment, administration of justice, infinite science space and technology will have less impact on the lives of the people. Veterans benefits and services have the largest impact on reducing the deficit.
Cut on the administration of justice and Veteran benefits and services will be perceived as highly politically motivated.
There is the need to protect spending on programs that are vital to the government; the example is security that is critical to the economy of the country. However protecting some programs means a higher cut on other programs that will help in achieving the balanced spending and the total income (Herrick, Samuel and Kevin n.p).
The above decision would result in less taxation to the society and balance between spending and the available income. This translates to the decision being beneficial to the society.
I would choose to raise the taxes. Cut programs will result in reduced growth of the programs' activities.
Work Cited
Griffin, Wade L, Linda A. Jensen, and Charles M. Adams. A Generalized Budget Simulation:
Installation Manual for Budget Simulation System. College Station: Sea Grant College
Program, Texas A & M U, 1982. Print.
Herrick, Samuel F, and Kevin L. Carlson. A Budget Simulation Model for West Coast Albacore Trollers. La Jolla: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Center, 1986. Print.
National Budget Simulation, the University of California at Berkeley. Center for Community Economic Research, U of California--Berkeley, n.d. Print.
