Which of the following is an example of governmental mandatory spending?
a. educational programs -incorrect, already tried this one.
b. national defense spending
c. paying the interest on the federal debt
d. environmental and space programs

C PAYING THE INTEREST ON THE FEDERAL DEBT

Texas’ gulf coastal plains are the western extension of the coastal plain extending from the atlantic ocean to beyond the rio grande. its characteristic rolling to hilly surface covered with a heavy growth of pine and hardwoods extends into east texas. in the increasingly arid west, however, its forests become secondary in nature, consisting largely of post oaks and, farther west, prairies and brushlands.