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- According to OECD data, which country spends the most on primary education?
Luxembourg spends more on education than the United States. Luxembourg spends 48,906.9$ while the United States spends 30,003.2$
- According to OECD data, which country has the highest poverty rate in children from 0-17?
South Africa has the highest poverty rates among children between the ages of 0-17 years. This is by the ration of 0.32
- Look at the same chart on the poverty rate in children. Use the above link. How many countries score better than the USA?
The poverty score of the U.S is 0.212, and six countries score better than the United States on the poverty chart of ages 0-17. These are; South Africa -0.32, Costa Rica- 0.268,Romania- 0.247, Turkey-0.253, Israel- 0.222 and Chile- 0.215.
- Examine the pie chart. What does the USA spend most of its mandatory spending money on?
The pie chart shows that social security, unemployment, and labor take up the largest chunk of mandatory spending. It uses 1.25 trillion, which is 48.56% of the total budget allocated or mandatory spending.
- Please explain what changes you (select one from pie chart) would you make (if any) to the USA total federal spending budget?
The federal budget should seek to increase the budget allocation for the energy and environment. The current allocation of $44.85 billion between energy and environment is not enough in dealing with an environmental issue. The major global issue is the environmental destruction the nation is facing. There should be more funds allocated to tackle the issues arising within the environments. Measures and implementations of projects to curb environmental destruction should be at the forefront. Sustainability of the environment is critical to the countries future generation and resources.