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Most mandatory spending is on healthcare, social security, interest payments on debt. For anyone who values anything other than those things, every penny should
by derangedHorse 2y ago
Most mandatory spending is on healthcare, social security, interest payments on debt. For anyone who values anything other than those things, every penny should be accounted for. The percentage of the total budget now becomes irrelevant.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago>For anyone who values anything other than those things Nah, we'll cut those too: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/gop-targets-880b-in-healthcare-cuts-hospitals-push-back.html https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/gop-targets-88...
- somenameforme 2y agoAs mentioned elsewhere, this is literally impossible. Directly cutting mandatory spending would require new laws which, in turn, would require a supermajority in the Senate due to the filibuster, meaning the DNC would also need to be all-in on it. On the note, keep this in mind the next time some party, which can't see past tomorrow, tries to eliminate the filibuster. Checks and balances are very important and I'm very happy to see the GOP making 0 effort to end the filibuster in spite of it currently being rather liberally used by the DNC.