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To: expat_panama


12 posted on 07/14/2015 4:48:06 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode
My thoughts exactly. Even if a balanced budget amendment were passed, all it would mean would be cuts to the military, as that program is discretionary.

The law would also have to change to eliminate all the social programs as mandatory spending, which currently consumes 60% of the 2015 budget. In 2011, it was 55%.

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Mandatory_print.pdf

16 posted on 07/14/2015 5:42:58 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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