Macroeconomics 9th Edition by David Colander

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Say the marginal tax rate is 30 percent and that government expenditures do not change with output.ay also that the economy is at potential output and that the deficit is $200 billion.
a.hat is the size of the passive deficit
b.hat is the size of the structural deficit
c.ow would your answers to a and b change if the deficit were still $200 billion but the output were $200 billion below potential
d.ow would your answers to a and b change if the deficit were still $200 billion but output were $100 billion above potential
e.hich is likely of more concern to policy makers: a passive or a structural deficit