Download or read book Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget, & The Budget System & Concepts (2000) written by Michael Brostek and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives you a walking tour of the Fed. budget. Outlines how the Government raises revenues and spends money, how the Pres. and Congress enact the budget, why the budget deficit and Fed. debt have been problems, and what the Pres. hopes to accomplish with his 2000 budget. Includes a description of the budget documents and the budget system: the budget process; coverage of the budget; collections; budget authority and other budgetary resources, obligations, and outlays; Fed. credit; budget deficit or surplus and means of financing; Fed. employment; basis for budget figures; principal budget laws; and glossary of budget terms. Charts and tables.