Suppose a government collects $12 billion in various tax revenues and pays $2.5 billion in debt interest, $9 billion in social security benefits and $0.5 billion in government employee wages. What is the direct contribution to GDP coming from this government's fiscal actions? a. $3.0 billion. b. $0.5 billion. C. $11.5 billion. d. $2.5 billion. e. $12.0 billion.

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