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The United States federal budget is divided into three categories: mandatory spending, discretionary spending, and interest on debt. Also known as entitlement spending, in US fiscal policy, mandatory spending is government spending on certain programs that are required by law. Congress established mandatory programs under authorization laws. Congress…
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spending mandatory programs federal percent security social medicare budget gdp congress health entitlement projected care program act medicaid also fy
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security | instance of | Entitlement programs | 0.80 | text |
| Medicare make up the bulk of mandatory spending | instance of | Entitlement programs | 0.80 | text |
| the Earned Income Tax Credit | instance of | Other mandatory spending programs include income security programs | 0.80 | text |
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | instance of | Other mandatory spending programs include income security programs | 0.80 | text |
| Supplemental Security Income | instance of | Other mandatory spending programs include income security programs | 0.80 | text |
| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | instance of | Other mandatory spending programs include income security programs | 0.80 | text |
| and Unemployment Insurance | instance of | Other mandatory spending programs include income security programs | 0.80 | text |
| the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 have only been temporarily or partially successful in slowing down the rate of increased health care spending | instance of | Other attempts | 0.80 | text |
| Unemployment Insurance | instance of | government revenues fall and expenditures rise as more people become eligible for mandatory programs | 0.80 | text |
| Income Security programs | instance of | government revenues fall and expenditures rise as more people become eligible for mandatory programs | 0.80 | text |
| Fannie Mae | instance of | Much of the money went to the Troubled Asset Relief Program and aid to Government Sponsored Enterprises | 0.80 | text |
| Freddie Mac | instance of | Much of the money went to the Troubled Asset Relief Program and aid to Government Sponsored Enterprises | 0.80 | text |
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