You can't cut $2T without cutting at least some "mandatory" spending or your interest payments, because the total of absolutely all your "discretionary" spending comes to a total of $1.7T.
Your "discretionary" spending includes your entire active military. Not the retired military, that's "mandatory" spending, but all your active military.
Your non-military "discretionary" spending is $0.9T, less than half of what people are talking about cutting.
You can't cut $2T without cutting at least some "mandatory" spending or your interest payments, because the total of absolutely all your "discretionary" spending comes to a total of $1.7T.
Your "discretionary" spending includes your entire active military. Not the retired military, that's "mandatory" spending, but all your active military.
Your non-military "discretionary" spending is $0.9T, less than half of what people are talking about cutting.