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FY16 Budget Chart
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:34 pm
The bulk of the budget (red) is on autopilot). We need to start making some cuts here.
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Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:35 pm to anc
$81 billion can be cut immediately with the EITC/Child Tax Credits.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:36 pm to anc
Welfare state
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:39 pm to anc
Incredibly appropriate that Social Security is the top of the Pyramid. 
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:42 pm to anc
All other at 501 billion. 
If ain't important enough to have a name then cut it.
If ain't important enough to have a name then cut it.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:43 pm to olemc999
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All other at 501 billion.
If ain't important enough to have a name then cut it.
LOL so true!
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:43 pm to olemc999
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All other at 501 billion.
If ain't important enough to have a name then cut it.
I'm sure that's just thousands of smaller line items lumped in together.
The red is what is killing this country.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:44 pm to ApexTiger
where is education?
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:48 pm to anc
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We need to start making some cuts here.
We could slash our military spending by half and still be far and away the most well funded military in the world. I've never understood the GOP's conservative claims but the utterance of a reduction in military spending makes them lose their minds. They're happy to let that number bloat out of control because apparently a core of conservatism is an infinitely funded military.
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:57 pm to Lsuhoohoo
We can do that by physically getting out of foreign countries. The technology now exists that will allow us to keep tabs on them from within our own borders.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:58 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I'm all for miliary budget cuts, but that chart is misleading. Purchasing power parity closes that spending gap significantly with China and Russia.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 6:04 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Military is half of social security alone, but that's what we should cut lol
Posted on 1/24/17 at 6:07 pm to anc
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The red is what is killing this country.
Truth. And the biggest chunks are Social Security, Medicare and Defense. The budget can never be balanced without addresses those things.
Cutting a few percent or here, isn't going to hurt but it won't do anything over the long term.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 6:07 pm to The Pirate King
Let's get the feds out of the retirement, housing, education, and health businesses. Let's broaden the tax base by eliminating most any tax credits and lowering the tax rate.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 6:45 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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We could slash our military spending by half and still be far and away the most well funded military in the world
Well we kind of have to be now that all of our allies have cut their funding
Posted on 1/24/17 at 6:47 pm to anc
Nice graph. Shows how the Republicans and Trump have no intention to cut any of the actual cost drivers of the deficit. Playing y'all for fools since 1980...
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