Which of the following would most likely cause a budget surplus for government?

A. higher spending.

B. lower spending.

C. higher borrowing.

D. lower taxes.

The answer to this answer is B. lower spending

Lower spending means that the government used less money to be allocated into the government programs (such as welfares, infrastructure, etc)

By doing this, the government will have larger chunk of the budget at the end of the fiscal year, which cause a budget surplus for the governemnt