Question

meeting the spending targets in this budget meant some very difficult choices. president barack obama, 2012 budget message of the president read the passage. what did the president mean when he said he had to face “very difficult choices” when creating a federal budget? deciding which country to borrow from to finance spending deciding what would be funded and what would be cut deciding how to keep interest rates low on the national debt deciding how much to increase tax rates

Explanation:

When creating a federal budget, the president has to allocate funds among various programs and services. This involves making tough decisions on what gets funded (receives money) and what gets cut (loses funding) to meet spending targets. Decisions about borrowing from other countries, interest - rates on national debt, and tax rate increases are related but not the most direct meaning of "difficult choices" in the context of budget creation.

Answer:

deciding what would be funded and what would be cut