3 ms·

Those are non discretionary and funded by totally separate channels.

• ra1n85 10y ago
  And? Mandatory spending is more than twice that of discretionary. Of discretionary, defense makes up less than 50%.
  • spott 10y ago
    I'm not sure where you are getting your numbers: care to elaborate? This[0] directly contradicts you: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...
    • ra1n85 10y ago
      Here: http://federal-budget.insidegov.com/l/120/2017-Estimate http://federal-budget.insidegov.com/l/120/2017-Estimate Mandatory: 2.56T Discretionary: 1.08T