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Exploring the Annual Budget of a Government

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Choose a city or state in the United States (or a Canadian city or province), and use the Internet to explore the annual budget of the governmental unit you selected. For example, you could check out the budget for Los Angeles at www.losangeles.com.

Alternatively, take a look at the U.S. federal budget at www.fms.treas.gov/annualreport/index.html. List three items in the budget that you found surprising or particularly interesting, and explain why.

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This solution discusses the annual budget of Ottawa.

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I choose OTTAWA
http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/budget/budget_2009/index_en.html
For 2009, the city budgeted $2.2 billion for operations while $306 million for capital ...

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