There's two categories of spending in the federal government. Mandatory spending is on the program. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. Two thirds of the federal budget. Exactly. It's 73, 74% of spending, which is on autopilot, which is frightening. Okay. That's something we have to address and we have a plan to do it. But right now, when you're doing, when you're reconciling the budget, you can only deal with those categories. (22:58–23:04)
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Asserts that 73-74% of federal spending is on autopilot.
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