• @UnderpantsWeevilOP
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    -12 months ago

    Setting aside the dishonesty

    How is a discussion of discretionary spending changes dishonest? It’s the thing Congress sets every two years.

    congress / the president pass budgetary acts that set non-discretionary spending

    That’s not how the Social Security Trust or the Medicare Trust Fund work. You don’t appropriate funds at the start of every budget cycle to pay for them.

    • mozz
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      12 months ago

      Mm hm

      What’s your explanation for the military budget thing?

      • @UnderpantsWeevilOP
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        02 months ago

        Pentagon Spending is part of the Biannual NDAA, which falls under the purview of Appropriations.

        • mozz
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          12 months ago

          I mean, in terms of the differences between the numbers in this chart and the numbers from the CBO that I posted.