Discuss the issues of resource allocation that elected officials and public managers face.

Public budgeting is challenging because government typically deals with the issue of scarce resources. Discuss the issues of resource allocation that elected officials and public managers face in relation to the question V. O. Key posed nearly 80 years: “On what basis shall it be decided to allocate x dollars to activity A instead of activity B?” How can elected officials and public managers address this inherent challenge today?