Mandatory Spending Composition
Social Security and major health programs account for over three-quarters of mandatory spending.
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Social Security and major health programs account for over three-quarters of mandatory spending.
Over the past 50 years, the share of the federal budget devoted to investments in the future has fallen sharply.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0302_declining_investment_future
Mandatory spending accounts for about two-thirds of the budget.
Defense spending accounts for nearly half of total discretionary spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0070_discretionary_spending_categories
Nondefense discretionary spending includes many programs that could promote future economic growth.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0021_discretionary-spending
Spending on foreign affairs accounts for slightly more than 1 percent of total federal spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0239_foreign_affairs_spending
Medicare and Medicaid account for the majority of federal healthcare spending
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0169_federal_health_spending_composition
The primary deficit focuses on the difference between government revenues and spending, excluding interest payments. Learn more about the U.S. primary deficit.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2024/02/what-is-the-primary-deficit
Between 2006 and 2051, spending on federal health programs is projected to more than double.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0114_federal_health_spending
While this budget would be a step in the right direction, it does not adequately address the underlying structural imbalance that defines our fiscal outlook.