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So here we have an economy with an income of 1 ,000, right? and we're asked about the budget surplus.
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So remember that the surplus is taxes minus spending or in the language of macro, t minus g, right? and by saying surplus, it's equal, it presumes that it's greater than zero, that the revenue the government is raising through taxes is greater than spending.
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So now we are told two things.
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One, we're told that government spending is going up by 50, but we're told that t is going up by 0 .05.
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Now, t is the tax rate, right? it's not the amount of taxes.
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It is the rate of tax on income.
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And for the purposes of this, i'm going to assume that this applies to all income.
01:01
Economy, right? we're going to, it's not just consumption, it's not just investment, it's applying to all income.
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So here you can see there's two things.
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One, taxes are going up.
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Two, government spending is going up.
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So the money the government brings in is coming up.
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The money the government is spending is going up...