In a way, you&#x27;re correct, but in another, you&#x27;re stretching it by a significant margin. Those expenses come out of payroll and is categorized as mandatory spending, in any case. The discretionary spending, to which I implicitly referred, is the principal thing under discussion here, I believe, and is remarkable in its primary output.<p>Ref.: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nationalpriorities.org&#x2F;budget-basics&#x2F;federal-budget-101&#x2F;spending&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nationalpriorities.org&#x2F;budget-basics&#x2F;federal-bud...</a>