Economics: What are the potential tradeoffs and opportunity costs in a country if you choose to spend more on guns than on butter?

The meaning of guns and butter is an economic policy choice of whether a nation is increasingly keen on burning through cash on war or taking care of its people.

trade-off: If you put more cash toward weapons then you are surrendering another advantage which is a trade-off.  

opportunity costs: As an economy delivers more weapons (military spending) it must diminish its creation of bread and butter (food), and the other way around.

the federal government of the united states was established by the constitution. us is a presidential republic. the president is head of state, head of government and of a two party legislative and electoral system. the supreme court balances the powers of the federal and the state government. yhe executive branch is headed by the oresident. there are two chambers of congress, the senate and the house of representatives. judicial power is exercised by the judicial branch (or judiciary), comprised of the supreme court and lower federal courts. the judiciary's function is to interpret the   constitution as well as the federal laws and regulations.

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