qualifications before being approved. Payouts for Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security have increased since it is not always certain if a patient is malingering or not. Marcia Clemmitt’s article “Government Spending” explains how public budgets generate. She talks about how government and public spending differs. This article allows us to learn the more important taxes and the significant issues they have had with the budget resolution process. It provides us with answers on whether we are spending too much money on mandatory programs, social security programs, Medicare, and/or discretionary programs. Clemmitt also discussed a resolution called the “participatory budgeting”. Residents who vote for different spending projects in their