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by ra1n85 3401 days ago
And?

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

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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...

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

Mandatory: 2.56T Discretionary: 1.08T