Discretionary, which we appropriate, and then mandatory. That just gets spent. It's on automatic pilot. So it's out of sight, it's out of mind, and it's completely out of control. The Constitution gave the Congress the responsibility, the duty to appropriate the money. So Congress has written laws like the Social Security law. May I ask how that works? So I thought the Constitution gave the Congress the responsibility, the duty to appropriate the money. (03:45–03:53)
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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution assigns Congress the duty to appropriate federal funds.
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