Question

Officials argue that the government needs to reduce the national debt. which actions are most likely to accomplish this goal?

Answer 1

It seems that you have missed the given choices of the question above. The choices for this are the following:
A. Decrease taxation and increase spending
B. Decrease taxation and spending
C. Increase taxation and decrease spending
D. Increase taxation and spending
The correct answer for this question would be option C. In order to reduce the national debt, the actions that are most likely to accomplish this goal is to increase taxation and decrease spending. Hope this answer helps.

Answer 2

If officials argue that the government needs to reduce the national debt, I believe that the actions that are most likely to accomplish this goal are to increase taxation and decrease spending.
If they increase taxation, more money will come into the state fund, and if they decrease spending, more money will actually stay there.