Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired is a theft from those who hunger but are not fed & who are cold but are not clothed

[bripat9643]

The military detractors will skimp on weapons for our soldiers, then send them into battle to be slaughtered

Then they will attack the defense department for not providing them with the latest weapons.

 

[Mac-7]

Then they will attack the defense department for not providing them with the latest weapons.

They will never accept blame for killing Americans

But they are

 

[jotathought]

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Discretionary spending only makes up roughly 29 - 30% of the overall budget, and the remainder of the budget is spent on mandatory spending (e.g. entitlements, welfare, interest payments) ... hence .. the majority of the budget. If you take the 30% and divide by two .. wow .. you get the 15% defense spending I already told you.

 

[bripat9643]

Discretionary spending only makes up roughly 29 - 30% of the overall budget, and the remainder of the budget is spent on mandatory spending (e.g. entitlements, welfare, interest payments) ... hence .. the majority of the budget. If you take the 30% and divide by two .. wow .. you get the 15% defense spending I already told you.

It's all descretionary spending, moron.

 

[jotathought]

It's all descretionary spending, moron.

No it's not .. the United States budget is broken up into different categories including mandatory spending (e.g. required by law), discretionary spending (part of the annual appropriation process), Interest on debt and other spending such as disaster relief, foreign aid, etc.

 

[bripat9643]

No it's not .. the United States budget is broken up into different categories including mandatory spending (e.g. required by law), discretionary spending (part of the annual appropriation process), Interest on debt and other spending such as disaster relief, foreign aid, etc.

Those labels are arbitrayry. Congress can repeal Sociali Security tomorrow if it wants to. Nothing in the Constitution prevents it.

 

[jotathought]

Those labels are arbitrayry. Congress can repeal Sociali Security tomorrow if it wants to. Nothing in the Constitution prevents it.

Sigh .. the United States Treasury disagrees with you ..

The Difference Between Mandatory, Discretionary, and Supplemental Spending​

Who controls federal government spending?​

Government spending is broken down into two primary categories: mandatory and discretionary. Mandatory spending represents nearly two-thirds of annual federal spending. This type of spending does not require an annual vote by Congress. The second major category is discretionary spending. The difference between mandatory and discretionary spending relates to whether spending is dictated by prior law or voted on in the annual appropriations process. Another type of appropriation spending is called Supplemental Appropriations, in which spending laws are passed to address needs that have arisen after the fiscal year has begun.

Mandatory Spending​

Mandatory spending, also known as direct spending, is mandated by existing laws. This type of spending includes funding for entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security and other payments to people, businesses, and state and local governments. For example, the Social Security Act requires the government to provide payments to beneficiaries based on the amount of money they’ve earned and other factors. Last amended in 2019, the Social Security Act will determine the level of federal spending into the future until it is amended again. Due to authorization laws, the funding for these programs must be allocated for spending each year, hence the term mandatory.

It would literally be an act of congress to repeal the Social Security Act of 1935 or any other entitlement program.

 

[bripat9643]

Sigh .. the United States Treasury disagrees with you ..

Their opinion is not law, dumbass.

 

[jotathought]

Their opinion is not law, dumbass.

... yet I'm still smarter than you.

 

[bripat9643]

... yet I'm still smarter than you.

Ya think so?

 

[Nobody911]

a 1% increase in military spending results in 9% decrease in economic growth. clear choices for voters

Oh, how wonderful it is to live in a world where war and destruction are such profitable ventures! The military-industrial complex truly shows that the best way to make a fortune is by investing in death machines.

Who needs healthcare or education when you can pour your money into weapons manufacturing and reap the rewards of endless conflicts?

It's heartwarming to see large corporations cozying up to politicians and high-ranking military officials, all for the sake of increasing their profits. And don't even get me started on the jobs created by this industry, because who doesn't want their child's future career options limited to making bombs and guns?

Yes indeed, the military-industrial complex is such big business, and everyone should all be grateful for it, right? lol.

Source:
How the Military-Industrial Complex Gets Its Power and Harms Workers, in 6 Graphs | jacobin | 10.13.2022 | https://archive.ph/hxtpu

 

[rightwinger]

That's the so-called "discretionary" budget. The reality is that all the budget is discretionary.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Interesting how they define this.

The Center for Immigration Studies, in an analysis of federal cost figures, found that all immigrant-headed households — legal and illegal — receive an average of $6,241 in welfare,

So if legal immigrants get $6,000 and illegals get $241 we get the number supplied. It is nothing more than an attempt to mislead.

In the first sentence of the first paragraph it states illegal aliens receive $5,692. You somehow skipped that to latch on to another number that is a total of benefits received by all immigrants and make up your own amounts for what each group receives.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

We'd all be shourting "heil Hitler" if it wasn't for our military spending

Or speaking Japanese or Russian.