[findateamfirst]

Those are non discretionary and funded by totally separate channels.

[ra1n85]

And?

Mandatory spending is more than twice that of discretionary. Of discretionary, defense makes up less than 50%.

[spott]

I'm not sure where you are getting your numbers: care to elaborate?

This[0] directly contradicts you:

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...

[ra1n85]

Here: http://federal-budget.insidegov.com/l/120/2017-Estimate

Mandatory: 2.56T Discretionary: 1.08T