Decrease in Noninterest Spending Needed to Close the Fiscal Gap without Increasing Revenue, with Federal Noninterest Outlays for Comparison

Category			Dollars (in billions)		Percent of total
Health care	 		1,450				22%
Social Security	 		1,090				17%
Nondefense discretionary	914				14%
Defense discretionary		714				11%
Income security	 		1,052				16%
Other mandatory	 		1,147				18%
Veterans' benefits		122				2%
						
Decrease in noninterest 
spending needed to 
close the fiscal gap without 
increasing revenue		not applicable		27%
						
URL: https://www.gao.gov/americas-fiscal-future | Last updated: 3/19/2021