… of gdp, non defense discretionary spending is about half of what it was 30 or 40 years ago. Defense is less than half of what it was. And of course The difference [in spending] has been made up by expenditures mostly in health care, in Social Security and healthcare. So the question is I think we should be having a debate, Maya, about what's the appropriate level of GDP that the federal government should take and how do we make sure that revenues match that or vice versa. (50:27–50:34)
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