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Actually no. Discretionary spending must be authorized

Posted on: September 12, 2020 at 16:15:54 CT
Doc_Nice MU
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non-discretionary spending must be revoked, or it automatically happens.

That said, your options are:
Automatic/mandatory: 70% of budget
- Social Security/Disability
- Unemployment
- Medicare
Interest (I guess we could default?)
Other (e.g., retirement benefits, veterans benefits, food stamps)

Discretionary: 30% (split about 50/50 with defense)
Defense
Everything else. All government programs you can think of. Agriculture, roads, railroads, shipping, vehicle safety, research, student loans, law enforcement, jails, etc etc.
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Federal Spending Tops Six Trillion - ScottsdaleTiger MU - 9/12 14:13:04
     The deficit is larger than all of the non-defense - Doc_Nice MU - 9/12 15:16:05
          nothing has been cut - Ferg STL - 9/12 15:22:06
               RE: nothing has been cut - Doc_Nice MU - 9/12 15:36:21
                    Nothing has been, or will be, cut. That is an - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 9/12 16:50:33
                    Government has grown, not shrunk - pickle MU - 9/12 16:07:43
                         Where? Trump has made major cuts to the State Dept, EPA - Savage KC - 9/12 16:35:52
                              Lol no (nm) - pickle MU - 9/12 17:50:41
                              Standard GOP wacko response is that because spending - Doc_Nice MU - 9/12 16:51:09
                                   RE: Standard GOP wacko response is that because spending - Savage KC - 9/12 16:57:02
                         Well, there is such a thing as inflation and population - Doc_Nice MU - 9/12 16:16:35
                              and cheese is made from milk. and? (nm) - pickle MU - 9/12 17:51:32
                                   So when funding stays flat, it cuts services(nm) - Doc_Nice MU - 9/12 18:34:02
                    all spending is discretionary. Describing some - Ferg STL - 9/12 15:41:28
                         Actually no. Discretionary spending must be authorized - Doc_Nice MU - 9/12 16:15:54
                    Another link - Doc_Nice MU - 9/12 15:38:12
     Trump biggest spender in world history - JG A - 9/12 15:08:18
          RE: Trump biggest spender in world history - Savage KC - 9/12 16:42:56




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