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Their are two parts to this work Discussion and Assignment need to be on mark.
1. Discussion:
Description of Local Government Jurisdiction
The budget process involves making and implementing decisions about taxes and spending. An important skill for the public policy professional is to evaluate an Annual Budget for a government jurisdiction. Throughout this course, you will be completing activities based on the Annual Operating Budget of a local government jurisdiction. To complete this Discussion, obtain the current Annual Operating Budget of a large, full-service local government jurisdiction in your area. Refer to the example instructions from the Final Project Overview document provided in this week's Learning Resources to locate a budget for your local jurisdiction.
Understanding the relevance of the numbers presented in the Annual Operating Budget requires an understanding of the jurisdiction. For example, in reviewing personnel costs, it is important to know the size of the jurisdiction's population and the type of services provided. Does the city own and operate a transit system? If so, the number of public employees will be larger than a jurisdiction of the same size population that does not operate a transit system. Consider these ideas in preparing for this week's Discussion.
Post by Day 3 a description of the following information for the jurisdiction for which you have obtained an Annual Budget.
Your examination should include the following:
Name of jurisdiction
Web address of jurisdiction
Description of jurisdiction (county, city, township, etc., and the type of services the jurisdiction provides)
Population
Total expenditure budget for current year
Be sure to support your post with specific references to the Learning Resources and other peer-reviewed sources and provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.
Read your colleagues'' postings.
Respond by Day 5 to at least two of your colleagues'' postings in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question about the jurisdiction described.
Expand on your colleagues posting by comparing the type of services the jurisdiction provides with those of the jurisdiction that you examined.
Return to the Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial post. Note any insights you gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
Blog: Tax and Government Expenditures
Conventional government expenditures are what the government spends based on revenues derived from taxes and fees and appropriated through budgeting cycles (Hyman, 2014). Tax expenditures are revenue losses attributable to exclusions, exemptions, or deductions that are provided for in law.
Note: In this course, the Blog tool will allow you to engage in a different type of discussion about the main themes and concepts of the course.
Post by Day 4 a blog post analyzing the difference between tax and government expenditures. Your analysis should contrast the two types of expenditure, include examples from all of the following areas, and demonstrate how they apply the efficiency criterion:
Medicine
Housing
Education
Also, demonstrate that you can apply the efficiency criterion.
Be sure to support your post with specific references to the Learning Resources and other peer-reviewed sources and provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.