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  Got ya. However budgets do assume income that may not be real or is based on previous year's income...but your point is taken.  
  Unfortunately, much of the debate around this includes arguments that SS does in fact add to the debt and is not paid for...a spurious argument to be sure. Regardless, it is not 21% of the budget. It is 3.7% which as far I could tell was for administration of the program. The rest of it (the money in the fund) comes from our contributions and is not a budgetary line item....as far as I can tell.   
  All of this is confused by having a debt ceiling which infers that the gov does in fact spend more than it has and so incurs debt. But your point is taken.
context: The plan is to cut 'woke spending'. You could prob make a 24 hour youtube video of Republican politicians saying it. There is no real plan. It's just obstruction and chaos and grandstanding. >
  
  
  The plan is to cut 'woke spending'. 
  
  So, all social service funding and Ukraine support. >
  
  Fellas, is supporting our democratic allies woke? >
  
  Only when dems do it!! >
  
  The republicans have wanted to raise the age limit for Social Security and privatize Medicare for DECADES.  Now all of a sudden they don't want to touch those programs?  LOL.  What's left?  They have been for increased Military spending for DECADES.  So that's out.  Medicare accounts for 12% of our annual budget.  Social Security accounts for 21% of our annual budget.  The military accounts for 17% of our annual budget.  Meaning 50% of our annual budget is already 'protected' from the republicans.  What now repubs? >
  
  Is that true about social security? I thought that was self funded by our paycheck taxes and not part of the debt. >
  
  "part of our annual budget" != "part of the debt" >
  
  Are you saying that the budget doesn't contribute to debt? Or just the op mentioned budget and I changed that to debt and was a no no? >
  
  When you budget your spending for the month, does it include income, or only spending?
  Spending in the budget is largely paid for.  Just because it is in the budget does not mean it contributes to debt.