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Budget battle waged over sliver of the pie

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Kendall Harmon

When Congress takes up President Obama’s fiscal 2012 budget, the debate will center on just a fraction of the overall $3.7 trillion budget: his proposals on spending and how to pay for them.

Not counting what the government spends on national security and social safety-net programs such as Medicare and Social Security, spending on other domestic programs accounts for just 12% of the overall budget.

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2 comments on “Budget battle waged over sliver of the pie”

  1. David Keller says:
    February 16, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    To keep this in perspective, the $100B in cuts proposed by the Republicans is a .0027% cut. If your personal budget was $100K, that would be like cutting $270. I bet you could figure out some way to take the hit.

  2. Tomb01 says:
    February 16, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    People to Obama on his proposed budget: WTF?