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Mar 31, 2012

Setting the Record Straight...on War Spending. $625 billion of savings comes entirely from the lower caps

Americans for Tax Reform has made the claim that the budgetdoes not account for war spending at all. Thus, when you add back in about $425 billion of post-drawdown war spending and net it against $625 billion of claimed discretionary savings, it comes out to only $200 billion of discretionary savings. However, this is inaccurate. The $625 billion of savings comes entirely from the lower caps compared to realistic projections that assume a drawdown in war spending, not from omitting war spending.

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