Actually higher than 10%. He wants spending cuts at 10% in addition to 20% cuts in personnel.
“Actually higher than 10%. He wants spending cuts at 10% in addition to 20% cuts in personnel.”
“The cuts would target discretionary spending, not mandated programs such as Medicare or Social Security, the sources said.”
64% is non-discretionary. Another 6% is interest on the debt,.....just the interest. That leaves just under 30% that is discretionary. So 10% of 30% is a mere 3%. Not nearly enough to make a difference. We MUST attack the non-discretionary part of the budget.
Now a big help would be to start moving back to making Social Security untouchable. By that I mean if you contribute, the federal government can’t touch that money. They are stealing it now. Probably will never happen.
Almost a quarter of a TRILLION Dollars wasted on interest on the debt. Makes me sick.