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Q: What is the largest category of federal spending?
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What is the largest area of federal spending today?

The largest area of federal spending today is for social security. This is followed by Medicare, and Medicaid. Next in line is defense spending.


What is the Largest area of federal spending?

education


What is the largest and fastest growing category of government spending?

Social Security and Medicare


When was the federal government spending largest as a percentage of the economy?

1940


Does mandatory spending consume the largest chunk of the federal budget?

yes


What is the fastest growing category of federal expenditures since 1980?

Federal spending by the government, is divided into three different categories. They are mandatory spending, discretionary spending and net interest. The fastest growing of those categories since 1980 is mandatory spending.


What are the two largest categories for federal spending?

Income security and health and education.


What makes up the largest portion of uncontrollable spending in the national budget?

The largest portion of uncontrollable spending in the federal budget is the spending that Congress approves.


Power over all federal spending?

The Chairman of the Appropriations Committee has power over all federal spending. The Senate Appropriations Committee is the largest committee in the U.S. Senate.


What is government expenditure?

The largest category of state spending, for e2020.


Is social security and interest on the public debt the two largest categories for federal spending?

Yes.


What is the largest category of local government spending?

spending on the defense is about half of the federal government's discretionary spending. the Department of Defense spends most of their budget. it pays for the navy, army, air force, and marines and also don't forget about the departments civilians