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  2. Discretionary spending - Wikipedia

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    This spending is an optional part of fiscal policy, in contrast to social programs for which funding is mandatory and determined by the number of eligible recipients. [2] Some examples of areas funded by discretionary spending are national defense, foreign aid, education and transportation.

  3. Expenditures in the United States federal budget - Wikipedia

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    Discretionary budget authority is established annually by Congress, as opposed to mandatory spending that is required by laws that span multiple years, such as Social Security or Medicare. The Federal government spent approximately $600 billion during 2016 on the Cabinet departments and Agencies, excluding the Department of Defense ...

  4. What Is Discretionary Spending? How You Can Reduce It and ...

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    Here are some examples that can help you better understand discretionary spending and some easy ways to reduce these non-essential expenditures. 1. Dining out at restaurants or ordering takeout.

  5. Attention DOGE: Here’s how the federal government spends ...

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    As the co-heads of the newly created Department of Government ... to slash at least $2 trillion from the federal budget. ... in fiscal year 2024 consisted of discretionary spending, which Congress ...

  6. CBO projects U.S. debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years ...

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    Discretionary spending on national security and social programs will account for $1.85 trillion next year. The CBO already has spending in these categories on a downward trajectory as discretionary spending would equal 5.3% of GDP, down from the half-century average of 7.9%.

  7. Government spending in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Figure B provides a snapshot of the major discretionary government spending categories as of the fiscal year 2019 budget approved by Congress. As the figure suggests, over 50% of discretionary spending is attributed to national defense. The remaining 48% of funds is divided among non-defense items such as transportation and education.

  8. Federal budget deficit expected to soar to $2.7 trillion in ...

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    Discretionary spending, which includes defense, certain veterans’ benefits, transportation, education and other items, as a share of the economy is relatively low compared to its historical ...

  9. Vivek Ramaswamy teases ‘mass reductions’ under new DOGE - AOL

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    On the campaign trail, Musk suggested that the government could reduce its roughly $6.75 trillion budget by about $2 trillion, an amount that exceeds all discretionary spending including the ...