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Where to find a spare $420 billion?
Name percentage $ billions
Total outlays 100.0 2318.83
Social Security 21.4 496.17
Military 19.6 453.68
Medicare 11.7 270.45
Social welfare 8.4 195.01
Medicaid 7.9 182.56
Interest 6.7 156.26
Retirement, disability, unemployment 6.2 144.49
Education, training, employment, social services 3.8 87.21
Transportation 2.9 68.14
Other health 2.6 60.94
Veterans 2.6 60.45
Other 6.2 143.46 - Administration of justice 1.8 41.60
International affairs 1.5 34.24
Natural resources and environment 1.4 31.66
General government 1.1 25.42
Science 1.0 22.29
Agriculture 0.9 20.12
Community and regional development 0.8 18.76
Commerce and housing credit 0.3 7.72
Energy 0.0 0.96
Offsetting receipts -2.6 -59.32
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