Answer:
According to the passage you provided in the answer section, former President Barack Obama was talking about the choices on the priorities of the budget.
Education, Health, Security, among others are part of the State's responsibilities and dividing the budget to meet society's needs in these and other areas is a very difficult task.
There is only so much money to go around, which means choosing specific policies to go for, and these were the difficult choices.
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