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97: Norm Ornstein on The Radical Right Takeover of the House

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What's in the Budget?

70% is in entitlements as we call them that's social security medicare medicaid farm subsidies food stamps and the like The rest 30% is basically divided almost half and a half Not quite there's a little more in defense between defense and the so-called discretionary domestic spending. That's energy and the environment and education and the cdc and most of the rest of healthcare. They've already been cut dramatically from what they otherwise would be over many decades If you're going to bring a balanced budget where you're continuing to cut taxes and you can't increase revenues You would have to dramatically slash these programs.

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