So what they've done over years, because nobody knows they're doing this because you have these omnibus spending bills and just magically they move discretionary spending into the mandatory accounts. So During COVID that other mandatory, not Social Security, Medicare, or even Medicaid, I think went up top down about $2.2 trillion in 2019 was 642 billion, went to 2.2. It's been ramping down. Last year, I think it's 1.3 trillion. This year would be about a trillion. That's a trillion dollars in discretionary spending is about 1.7. (04:53–05:05)
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