If It Walks Like a Duck: Part 2

IL it walks like a duck. ( PART 2) how can Washington raise spending & callL it a cut? DISCRETIONARY SPENDING: Spending on programs & agencies where do the proposed cuts come from! set by annual appropriations bills SPENDING BREAKDOWN 82% { 18% 39% // DISCRETIONARY ex. defense, education, trans. 6% // INTEREST -----... 55% /I MANDATORY SPENDING CAPS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ex. social security, medicare SAVINGS ON INTEREST PAYMENTS & OTHER MISC. how can we expect to tackle this problem without addressing the biggest ticket spending items? PUBLIC NOTICE SOURCES: Congressional Budget Office: Letter to Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid. Table 1. August 1, 2011. Congressional Budget Office: An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012. Table 1-5, Actual 2010. April 2011. IL it walks like a duck. ( PART 2) how can Washington raise spending & callL it a cut? DISCRETIONARY SPENDING: Spending on programs & agencies where do the proposed cuts come from! set by annual appropriations bills SPENDING BREAKDOWN 82% { 18% 39% // DISCRETIONARY ex. defense, education, trans. 6% // INTEREST -----... 55% /I MANDATORY SPENDING CAPS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ex. social security, medicare SAVINGS ON INTEREST PAYMENTS & OTHER MISC. how can we expect to tackle this problem without addressing the biggest ticket spending items? PUBLIC NOTICE SOURCES: Congressional Budget Office: Letter to Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid. Table 1. August 1, 2011. Congressional Budget Office: An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012. Table 1-5, Actual 2010. April 2011. IL it walks like a duck. ( PART 2) how can Washington raise spending & callL it a cut? DISCRETIONARY SPENDING: Spending on programs & agencies where do the proposed cuts come from! set by annual appropriations bills SPENDING BREAKDOWN 82% { 18% 39% // DISCRETIONARY ex. defense, education, trans. 6% // INTEREST -----... 55% /I MANDATORY SPENDING CAPS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ex. social security, medicare SAVINGS ON INTEREST PAYMENTS & OTHER MISC. how can we expect to tackle this problem without addressing the biggest ticket spending items? PUBLIC NOTICE SOURCES: Congressional Budget Office: Letter to Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid. Table 1. August 1, 2011. Congressional Budget Office: An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012. Table 1-5, Actual 2010. April 2011. IL it walks like a duck. ( PART 2) how can Washington raise spending & callL it a cut? DISCRETIONARY SPENDING: Spending on programs & agencies where do the proposed cuts come from! set by annual appropriations bills SPENDING BREAKDOWN 82% { 18% 39% // DISCRETIONARY ex. defense, education, trans. 6% // INTEREST -----... 55% /I MANDATORY SPENDING CAPS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ex. social security, medicare SAVINGS ON INTEREST PAYMENTS & OTHER MISC. how can we expect to tackle this problem without addressing the biggest ticket spending items? PUBLIC NOTICE SOURCES: Congressional Budget Office: Letter to Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid. Table 1. August 1, 2011. Congressional Budget Office: An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012. Table 1-5, Actual 2010. April 2011. IL it walks like a duck. ( PART 2) how can Washington raise spending & callL it a cut? DISCRETIONARY SPENDING: Spending on programs & agencies where do the proposed cuts come from! set by annual appropriations bills SPENDING BREAKDOWN 82% { 18% 39% // DISCRETIONARY ex. defense, education, trans. 6% // INTEREST -----... 55% /I MANDATORY SPENDING CAPS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ex. social security, medicare SAVINGS ON INTEREST PAYMENTS & OTHER MISC. how can we expect to tackle this problem without addressing the biggest ticket spending items? PUBLIC NOTICE SOURCES: Congressional Budget Office: Letter to Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid. Table 1. August 1, 2011. Congressional Budget Office: An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012. Table 1-5, Actual 2010. April 2011. IL it walks like a duck. ( PART 2) how can Washington raise spending & callL it a cut? DISCRETIONARY SPENDING: Spending on programs & agencies where do the proposed cuts come from! set by annual appropriations bills SPENDING BREAKDOWN 82% { 18% 39% // DISCRETIONARY ex. defense, education, trans. 6% // INTEREST -----... 55% /I MANDATORY SPENDING CAPS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ex. social security, medicare SAVINGS ON INTEREST PAYMENTS & OTHER MISC. how can we expect to tackle this problem without addressing the biggest ticket spending items? PUBLIC NOTICE SOURCES: Congressional Budget Office: Letter to Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid. Table 1. August 1, 2011. Congressional Budget Office: An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012. Table 1-5, Actual 2010. April 2011.