All the cutting will come from 48 percent of the spending. The next chart shows us what that 48 percent of cuttable spending consists of. Right away. we see that 19 percent of our cuttable dollars is spent for functions that cannot easily be cut: Veterans programs. military retirement. civilian retirement. the Immigration Service. the FBI. federal prisons. the federal court system. and so on. The Speaker of the House has said he wants to see the number of immigration agents doubled. Our Republican colleagues intend to toughen a crime bill that will presumably increase our prison population. We cannot cut the Federal court system significantly.
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