Entitlements and Interest Are Crowding Out Other Spending
Created on October 16, 2012
Federal Spending by the Numbers 2012
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Other
Defense Discretionary
Net Interest
Medicaid, CHIP, Obamacare
Medicare
Social Security
share of total outlays
Sources: Congressional Budget Office, An Update to the Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022, Table 1-1, http://cbo.gov/publication/43543 (accessed August 23, 2012), and Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY 2013: Historical Tables, Table 8.5, February 2012, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals (accessed August 8, 2012).