Question- Identify mandatory and discretionary expenditures by reviewing the budget then evaluate the ability to find significant budget savings from discretionary monies. Prioritize the current budget areas. Justify your top.

Home Analysis Debt - Deficit State & LocalNumbers Charts Welfare 8% Protection 1% Transportation 2% General Government 1% Other Spending 2% Interest 8% Defense 22% Education 3% Health Care 28%- Pensions 25% FY19 Federal Budget: Spending by Function Recent and budgeted federal spending in the FY19 Budget for major federal spending functions. $trillion nom 2017 2018 2019 1.1 1.2 Pensions Health Care Education Defense Welfare 1.1 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.1 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.4