• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    Setting aside the dishonesty

    How is a discussion of discretionary spending changes dishonest? It’s the thing Congress sets every two years.

    congress / the president pass budgetary acts that set non-discretionary spending

    That’s not how the Social Security Trust or the Medicare Trust Fund work. You don’t appropriate funds at the start of every budget cycle to pay for them.