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Old 10-23-2005, 10:46 PM
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Default Re: Budget Simulation Program

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

New budget is $3126.14 billion
($1336.4 billion in spending, $1789.74 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
You have cut the deficit by $621.22 billion.
Your new deficit is $-220.21 billion.

I cut non military across the board by 30% except for medicare, social security, Natural resource and environment, and a few others which were eliminated.

I increased military spending and veterans benefits by 30% which I would target specifically to pay increases.

I increased the tax cuts by 100%, The corporate tax cuts by 100% and the rest of them by 50%.

I would use the surplus to pay off what people paid into social security.

$579.94 billion .... Military Spending
Increased $133.84 bil. from base of $446.105 bil.( 30%)
$111.85 billion .... Iraq War and Afghanistan Operations (No Change)
$150.13 billion .... Veterans & Retired Military Pensions and Services
Increased $34.65 bil. from base of $115.482 bil.( 30%)
$22.11 billion ..... International Affairs
Cut $9.47 bil. from base of $31.590 bil.(-30%)
$16.78 billion ..... General Science, Space, and Technology
Cut $7.18 bil. from base of $23.967 bil.(-30%)
$1.48 billion ...... Non-Defense Energy Spending
Cut $0.63 bil. from base of $2.121 bil.(-30%)
$0 billion ......... Natural Resources and Environment
Cut $31.15 bil. from base of $31.163 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Agriculture
Cut $26.01 bil. from base of $26.020 bil.(-100%)
$35.34 billion ..... Transportation
Cut $35.32 bil. from base of $70.673 bil.(-50%)
$0 billion ......... Community and Regional Development
Cut $19.09 bil. from base of $19.097 bil.(-100%)
$128.14 billion .... Education
Increased $64.07 bil. from base of $64.068 bil.( 100%)
$0 billion ......... Training, Labor and Unemployment Programs
Cut $47.8 bil. from base of $47.809 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Non-Medicare Health Spending
Cut $253.31 bil. from base of $253.320 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Medicare
Cut $345.74 bil. from base of $345.746 bil.(-100%)
$71.94 billion ..... Civilian Retirement (Social Security excluded) (No Change)
$0 billion ......... Aid to Low-Income Families
Cut $206.76 bil. from base of $206.773 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... General Family Support
Cut $25.61 bil. from base of $25.619 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Commerce and Housing Loan Programs
Cut $6.81 bil. from base of $6.816 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Social Security
Cut $544.81 bil. from base of $544.821 bil.(-100%)
$43.1 billion ...... Administration of Justice (No Change)
$8.88 billion ...... General Government Administration
Cut $8.86 bil. from base of $17.754 bil.(-50%)
$211.08 billion .... Net Interest (No Change)
$-44.37 billion .... Undistributed Offsetting Receipts and Allowance (No Change)

Tax Expenditures ($1789.74 billion: increased $714.91 billion)

$589.2 billion ..... 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts
Increased $294.6 bil. from base of $294.6 bil.( 100%)
$120.72 billion .... Corporate Tax Breaks
Increased $60.36 bil. from base of $60.360 bil.( 100%)
$130.06 billion .... Personal Business and Investment Benefits
Increased $43.35 bil. from base of $86.710 bil.( 50%)
$252.71 billion .... Pension and Retirement Tax Benefits
Increased $84.24 bil. from base of $168.470 bil.( 50%)
$211.49 billion .... Health Insurance Tax Benefits
Increased $70.5 bil. from base of $140.990 bil.( 50%)
$245.57 billion .... Housing Tax Benefits
Increased $81.86 bil. from base of $163.710 bil.( 50%)
$239.99 billion .... Other Individual Deductions and Expenditures
Increased $80 bil. from base of $159.993 bil.( 50%)
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