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Chip Roy: You don't want to default. Now, you put defense over here as discretionary, although there are some issues in there in…

On the recordJune 4, 2024
You don't want to default. Now, you put defense over here as discretionary, although there are some issues in there in terms of some social spending. Call that discretionary. You have got Medicare, which is effectively mandatory. What you don't have on that chart is that obviously Medicare is growing and exploding, correct?
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Jun 4, 2024

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