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Recognize that this figure excludes all the other so-called non-discretionary payments unemployment, food stamps, etc. as well as everything else the government does including the military and Obamacare.
Forbes.com: News Forbes Blogs 2011
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Although the anti-gun crowd predicted that blood would flow, the rate of gun crime has gone down in every State that has implemented non-discretionary concealed-carry permits.
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It was supposed to be used by the U.S. to manage the dollar gold standard in the 20th century, but instead the principle of an automatic, non-discretionary system was abandoned in favor of Keynesian interest-rate twiddling.
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In his prepared remarks, Geithner said the proposal "presents a detailed plan to cut spending and reduce deficits and cuts non-discretionary spending to its lowest level as a share of the economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
Obama defends budget's deficit-cutting measures Perry Bacon Jr. 2011
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It was supposed to be used by the U.S. to manage the dollar gold standard in the 20th century, but instead the principle of an automatic, non-discretionary system was abandoned in favor of Keynesian interest-rate twiddling.
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You can talk non-discretionary versus discretionary all you want, but Republicans as a whole have spent more in the past 30 years than Democrats.
Obama administration kills 23K space-related jobs in Florida. | RedState 2010
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They are totally non-discretionary – we should worry about covering debt costs first, not last.
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Since Florida implemented non-discretionary concealed-carry permits several years ago, a majority of the States have followed suit.
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They are totally non-discretionary – we should worry about covering debt costs first, not last.
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In Washington, Sen. Chuck Schumer is leading the Democrats in an effort to widen the conversation from spending cuts focusing on non-discretionary defense to deficit reduction that looks at entitlement programs, tax expenditures, and more.
Wonkbook: A rough Wednesday for Democrats, and other economic and policy news 2011
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