re: Deficits are up. How is this conservatism?

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If we have an 8.8 percent increase in non-discretionary spending, then we have even bigger structural fiscal issues.

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Lying with percentages is fun. 8.8% of a small number is a small number. If you exclude the military it’s even smaller.

Discretionary spending was about $1.28 trillion in 2007. Trump asked for $1.31trillion.

Meanwhile.... Medicare spending has gone from $435B in 2007 to well over $700B in 2018.

Clearly, discretionary spending is the problem here.