Societies choose what share of their resources to devote to consumption and what share to devote to investment. some of these decisions involve private spending; others involve government spending. for each form of private spending, indicate whether it represents consumption or investment. private spending consumption investment firms buying trash cans people buying houses people buying clothes firms buying computers people buying food for each form of government spending, indicate whether it represents consumption or investment. government spending consumption investment buying military equipment building bridges building roads paying workers to administer government programs