This week you are introduced to fiscal policy, which can be roughly defined as

This week you are introduced to fiscal policy, which can be roughly defined as changes to government taxation and/or spending to achieve a macroeconomic goal (like increasing GDP or decreasing unemployment).
For this assignment write a short paper (250 words) on fiscal policy in which you:
1.    summarize a specific fiscal policy engaged in by the US federal government,
2.    identify the goal of that fiscal policy (example, President X stated that the goal of this tax cut was Y), and
3.    discuss the likely impact of this fiscal policy.