Due to the structure of the budget and the constitutional requirement to balance the budget,
A) legislators are given a great amount of flexibility in terms of the budgeting process.
B) legislators have only a few choices in terms of the budgeting process.
C) the budget is easy to forecast each session.
D) legislators generally raise taxes frequently to be able to increase the services offered by the state.

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The constitutional requirement to balance the budget limits the choices legislators have in terms of the budgeting process. They are forced to make tough decisions in order to ensure that expenditures do not exceed revenues. This can lead to difficult choices such as cutting spending or increasing taxes. While they do have some flexibility in how they allocate funding, the overall structure of the budget is constrained by the need to balance it.

Due to the Structure of the Budget and the Constitutional