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Part of the difficulty of arguing about this is that the effectiveness is very clearly not there. The following is from treasury.gov[1]: 21 % Social Security 1
by trescenzi 2y ago
Part of the difficulty of arguing about this is that the effectiveness is very clearly not there. The following is from treasury.gov[1]:
21 % Social Security
15 % National Defense
14 % Health
13 % Net Interest
13 % Medicare
9 % Income Security
6 % Veterans Benefits and Services
3 % Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
2 % Natural Resources and Environment
2 % Transportation
2 % Other
To get the level of cuts they want they cannot legally do it without Congress.
[1]: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...