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National Budget Simulation
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

1 New budget is $3540.25 billion ($2461.3 billion in spending, $1078.95 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

2 You have cut the deficit by $207.11 billion.

3 Your new deficit is $193.89 billion.

2 Spending ($2461.3 billion: cut $211.22 billion)

$312.27 billion.... Military Spending
Cut $133.83 bil. from base of $446.105 bil.(-30%)
$67.11 billion ..... Iraq War and Afghanistan Operations
Cut $44.73 bil. from base of $111.851 bil.(-40%)
$115.48 billion .... Veterans & Retired Military Pensions and Services (No Change)
$31.59 billion ..... International Affairs (No Change)
$23.97 billion ..... General Science, Space, and Technology (No Change)
$2.33 billion ...... Non-Defense Energy Spending
Increased $0.21 bil. from base of $2.121 bil.( 10%)
$31.16 billion ..... Natural Resources and Environment (No Change)
$26.02 billion ..... Agriculture (No Change)
$63.61 billion ..... Transportation
Cut $7.05 bil. from base of $70.673 bil.(-10%)
$17.19 billion ..... Community and Regional Development
Cut $1.9 bil. from base of $19.097 bil.(-10%)
$70.47 billion ..... Education
Increased $6.4 bil. from base of $64.068 bil.( 10%)
$47.81 billion ..... Training, Labor and Unemployment Programs (No Change)
$202.66 billion .... Non-Medicare Health Spending
Cut $50.65 bil. from base of $253.320 bil.(-20%)
$345.75 billion .... Medicare (No Change)
$71.94 billion ..... Civilian Retirement (Social Security excluded) (No Change)
$227.45 billion .... Aid to Low-Income Families
Increased $20.68 bil. from base of $206.773 bil.( 10%)
$25.62 billion ..... General Family Support (No Change)
$7.5 billion ....... Commerce and Housing Loan Programs
Increased $0.68 bil. from base of $6.816 bil.( 10%)
$544.82 billion .... Social Security (No Change)
$47.41 billion ..... Administration of Justice
Increased $4.31 bil. from base of

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