And even with administration plans for social security cutbacks. that portion of the budget will rise over the next 5 years because our population is aging rapidly. Interest on the debt is another 15 percent. This year it will go up from $80 billion to $110 billion. In addition. the President has put a number of programs off limits for budget cutsthe Immigration Service. the FBI. and so forth. So far we have covered about 75 percent of the budget and that 75 percent under the administration plan will go up not down the next 5 years. That means the lions share of the budget cuts has been concentrated in two areas: First. support for the nonelderly poor make up 6 percent of the budget.
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