Reply #7: I have cut the deficit by $154.41 billion

[bicentennial_baby]

Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

New budget is $3592.95 billion
($2742.7 billion in spending, $850.25 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
You have cut the deficit by $154.41 billion.
Your new deficit is $246.59 billion.

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Spending ($2742.7 billion: increased $70.17 billion)

$223.05 billion .... Military Spending
Cut $223.05 bil. from base of $446.105 bil.(-50%)
$67.11 billion ..... Iraq War and Afghanistan Operations
Cut $44.73 bil. from base of $111.851 bil.(-40%)
$150.13 billion .... Veterans & Retired Military Pensions and Services
Increased $34.65 bil. from base of $115.482 bil.( 30%)
$25.27 billion ..... International Affairs
Cut $6.31 bil. from base of $31.590 bil.(-20%)
$31.16 billion ..... General Science, Space, and Technology
Increased $7.19 bil. from base of $23.967 bil.( 30%)
$3.18 billion ...... Non-Defense Energy Spending
Increased $1.06 bil. from base of $2.121 bil.( 50%)
$40.51 billion ..... Natural Resources and Environment
Increased $9.35 bil. from base of $31.163 bil.( 30%)
$23.42 billion ..... Agriculture
Cut $2.59 bil. from base of $26.020 bil.(-10%)
$84.81 billion ..... Transportation
Increased $14.14 bil. from base of $70.673 bil.( 20%)
$24.83 billion ..... Community and Regional Development
Increased $5.73 bil. from base of $19.097 bil.( 30%)
$96.1 billion ...... Education
Increased $32.03 bil. from base of $64.068 bil.( 50%)
$47.81 billion ..... Training, Labor and Unemployment Programs (No Change)
$329.32 billion .... Non-Medicare Health Spending
Increased $76 bil. from base of $253.320 bil.( 30%)
$414.9 billion ..... Medicare
Increased $69.15 bil. from base of $345.746 bil.( 20%)
$79.13 billion ..... Civilian Retirement (Social Security excluded)
Increased $7.19 bil. from base of $71.940 bil.( 10%)
$310.16 billion .... Aid to Low-Income Families
Increased $103.39 bil. from base of $206.773 bil.( 50%)
$25.62 billion ..... General Family Support (No Change)
$7.5 billion ....... Commerce and Housing Loan Programs
Increased $0.68 bil. from base of $6.816 bil.( 10%)
$544.82 billion .... Social Security (No Change)
$25.86 billion ..... Administration of Justice
Cut $17.23 bil. from base of $43.099 bil.(-40%)
$21.3 billion ...... General Government Administration
Increased $3.55 bil. from base of $17.754 bil.( 20%)
$211.08 billion .... Net Interest (No Change)
$-44.37 billion .... Undistributed Offsetting Receipts and Allowance (No Change)

Tax Expenditures ($850.25 billion: cut $224.57 billion)

$0 billion ......... 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts
Cut $294.59 bil. from base of $294.6 bil.(-100%)
$36.22 billion ..... Corporate Tax Breaks
Cut $24.13 bil. from base of $60.360 bil.(-40%)
$86.71 billion ..... Personal Business and Investment Benefits (No Change)
$185.32 billion .... Pension and Retirement Tax Benefits
Increased $16.85 bil. from base of $168.470 bil.( 10%)
$169.19 billion .... Health Insurance Tax Benefits
Increased $28.2 bil. from base of $140.990 bil.( 20%)
$212.82 billion .... Housing Tax Benefits
Increased $49.11 bil. from base of $163.710 bil.( 30%)
$159.99 billion .... Other Individual Deductions and Expenditures (No Change)