07-21-2017, 08:56 PM
(07-21-2017, 08:52 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Isn't when they want to cut a program down they will call it a "Decrease" in spending on that program?
So, a budget cut is cutting the increase by a certain percentage and a decrease is cutting the total?
Usually that is the case. Mandatory programs come with budgets for their programs that extend well into the future that are codified into law. Those budgets come with stepped increases in spending. So cutting the budget is decreasing those stepped increases. It is still a decrease in the total budget for the program, but the decreased expenditures aren't often realized for several fiscal years.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
