Question

answer this question before making any changes to spending percentages. before you make your budgetary changes, how does the new deficit compare to the 2012 budget deficit? it has been eliminated. it is smaller. it is the same size. it is larger.

Explanation:

In typical budget scenarios (especially in US budget context), before budgetary changes (like in simulations or real - world post - 2012 scenarios without specific austerity/deficit - reducing changes), the new deficit (say in later years) compared to 2012 often is larger due to factors like economic changes, policy impacts, etc. So the new deficit is larger than the 2012 budget deficit.

Answer:

D. It is larger.