A: They haven’t.

A: SS was intended to provide some sustenance to older Americans to save them from poverty.
It was passed during the great depression, when the care of older people became a greater issue. Prior to this act elderly people had no way to provide for them selves.

A: The difference between controlled expenditures and uncontrolled expenditures is that congress determines a fixed amount of money for controlled expenditures. For uncontrolled expenditures congress cant set a limit because the limit is determined by the number of eligible beneficiaries or previous obligations of the government. An example of controlled would be social services and the military. Pensions and interest on the national debt would be an example of uncontrolable expenditures.

A.)An example of an uncontrollable expenditure would be paying interest on our national debt. %10 of all our revenue goes to paying off just the interest of our debts. Basically uncontrollable expenditures are expenditures that we have no control over, we have to pay the interest of our debts, we do not have a choice in the matter.

How does the military industrial complex relate to the national security state?

According to the theory of incrementalism, no, the budget would never decrease one year from the year before because supposedly the best way to estimate a new years’ budget is by looking at the budget of the previous year and then adding a little bit more. Also, most of the debate and attention of the budget proposal process deals with the proposed increment of the budget, not by how much the budget initially was for.

One of two things will happen. Either there will be a federal government shut down. (Think back to the 90’s when Clinton and Gingrich had their game of “chicken” over the budget.) There is also the option to continue using the previous budget until the problems are resolved.

A: The debt is something that should NOT go away. The debt is an investment in our country by our fellow Earth-dwellers. If our debt is of substantial amount, which it is, then our debtors have an interest in our country’s well-being. If America goes, the rest of the world will go with us, America, the home of the biggest consumers. In addition to that, those in office can become more popular by putting that money towards other programs.

Uncontrollable expenditures are expenses that the government has no control over, like paying employees or beneficiaries of policies, like military or ex-military pensions. For example, ten cents of every dollar the federal government makes goes to paying the interest on the national debt. Uncontrollable expenditures do not really effect the budget of an agency because an agencies budget comes from the controlled expenditures of the federal government. The only way uncontrollable expenditures could seriously impact the budget of agencies is if the total amount used in uncontrollable expenditures was larger than predicted.

Incrementalism is basically an adage that you can predict the budget of a given government agency on the basis of what last years budget, plus a little bit more. The government constantly grows, and barring enormous changes, an agencies budget won’t drastically change.

And a question of my own.

Who in Congress would handle the process of reconciliation in regard to program authorizations?

What are some examples of Uncontrollable Expenditures?
The majority of Uncontrollable Expenditures come from entitlements. The government has to pay “X level of benefits to Y number of recipients.” Social Security, Medicare/ Medicaid, and National Defense are a few examples.

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A: Uncontrollabe Expenditures are expenditures that are given based on how many eligible beneficiaries there are in a program or by previous government obligation. There is no way to know exactly how many people, X, will be eligible to recieve Y amount of funds.

Yes, Uncontrollable expenditures effect the budget of an agency. The Social Security Administration is a good example of this. The SSA needs to be able to pay social security benefits to everyone recieving them. This means they have to be allotted X amount of dollars in their budget to meet these demands. Thus Uncontrollabe Expenditures effect their budget.

A model of the decision-making process in government which maintains that decisions are usually made on the basis of relatively small adjustments to the existing situation.

What are some examples of Uncontrollable Expenditures?

Education, military, paid government jobs

ANSWER:
Reconciliation is part of the process of “Budget Resolution”, or setting a limit on expenditures for a budget. In order to save money and thus meet the budget resolution, laws sometimes need to be made or changed. There are two steps in this process. One, of course, is “reconciliation”. Reconciliation is a process where program authorizations are revised (taxes or other revenue adjustments) to achieve required savings, and usually occurs at the end of the budgetary process.

Reconciliation is when Congress tinkers with the budgets of programs to save money so they can spend more in other places. This generally means tax adjustments or adjustments of other types of revenue. This process usually comes during the end of the budget process.

Well, my friend, incrementalism would be the budget of the previous year and then a little more>>> an increment!
They take a little look at the revenue that came in and base the increment on that.

A- Keynesian economics is the “total spending” theory or economics. Its the round about theory that basically says, if you spend it, it will become someones paycheck. Supply-side economics deals with the supply/production side of economics and monetarism deals with the money aspect of the economy. Currency, form of a coin, etc.

A: Incrementalism is the belief that the best way to predict the following years budget is to examine the previous years budget, and then add a little bit more. You add a small fraction, or an “increment” to best place the following years total budget.
- – this is one of the contributing factors to our nations growing national debt. We are constantly spending, and then spending even more in the years to come becuase of incrementalism (and other factors of course). The government never cuts spending or LOWERS the budget by an increment, rather, they always add.

An entitlement is anything that a person may be able to claim. Social Security is one such thing, once a person reaches an age set by the government they will receive Social Security benefits. Retirement payments work much the same way, those who spend enough time at the company may retire and receive a pension. Those who lose someone in the Armed Services are entitle to receive a pension from the government as well.

Q. What are some examples of Uncontrollable Expenditures?
A. Uncontrollable expenditures are not determined by a fixed appropiated amount of money, but rather are determined by how many eligible beneficiaries there are for a program or by previous obligations of the government. Two-thirds of the budget accounts for these uncontrollable expenditures. The biggest example of this is the Social Securiy system and also Medicare. This costs more than $600 billion per year. And unfortunately for us youngins who have to pay taxes so that more and more grandpas can sit on their couch becoming more and more liberal per day, this means that this expenditure will become more and more “uncontrollable.”

Answer:

Uncontrollable Expenditures are expenditures that are determined not be a fixed amount of money set up by congress, but by how many eligible beneficiaries there are for a program. For example, medicare, which is a federal program that pays for certain health benefits for people 65 and older. This is an uncontrollable expenditure because the number of 65 year olds in the system is constantly changing. Therefore, there is no set amount of money and it’s expenditures are based upon how many people there are. This would also be medicaid, which is medical care for those who can’t afford it. This number is always changing.

Entitlements are policies Congress has obligated itself to pay X level of benefits to Y number of recipeints. This would be like Social Security. The government has promised us that when we grow older, we will be entitled to Social Security benefits. Therefore, they have to continue paying the certain benefits to the number of recipeints.

(also I would really like to know who signs the Presidents pay-checks)

Another problem of the balanced budget amendment would be that it would decrease needed flexibility in times of crisis. Beginning with the $700 billion “TARP” bailout, the U.S. Government has made bailout commitments of $9.1 trillion and spent $2.1 trillion. These bailouts, in the minds of many, have helped prevent a world-wide economic crash and the subsequent global depression. With a balanced budget amendment in place, I highly doubt the government would be able to dish out this kind of money. Sometimes money is the only option in times of crisis; having a balanced budget amendment would greatly inhibit our country’s ability to respond to these situations.

What are some examples of entitlements?

An authorization bill by definition is an act of Congress that establishes, continues, or changes a discretionary government program or entitlement.
An appropriations bill by definition is an act of Congress that actually funds programs within limits established by authorization bills. (these usually cover one year).

Medicare and Medicaid are a couple of Johnson’s legislative achievements in 1965-66 during his “Great Society.” Medicare is a health insurance program for those 65 and older. It was added to the Social Security system to provide elders hospitalization insurance, and inexpensive coverage for doctor fees and other health related expenses. Medicaid is government paid health care for the poor and disabled which is also under the Social Security system.

Other than being expenditures, what is net interest?

Officially called the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, U.S. budget deficit reduction measure. The law provided for automatic spending cuts to take effect if the president and Congress failed to reach established targets; the U.S. comptroller general was given the right to order spending cuts. Because the automatic cuts were declared unconstitutional, a revised version of the act was passed in 1987; it failed to result in reduced deficits. By the 1990’s the idea was lost and wasn’t pushed anymore.

What are some examples of Uncontrollable Expenditures?

The president gets paid by our individual income taxes, corporation income taxes, excise taxes, and social insurance taxes. Congress doesn’t differentiate between the different parts of the revenue distribution. They dip into social security all the time. They give the president his salary, his expense account, White House staff expenses, entertainment expenses, another entertainment expense account, travelling expenses, and unanticipated needs expenses, all as dictated by the Treasury and General Appropriations Act.