In January 1918, some ten months before the end of World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson had written a list of proposed war aims which he called the Fourteen Points..
Today, discretionary spending makes up less than 40 percent of the entire budget. Net Interest-Net interest is the only part of future spending that cannot be reduced by legislative action because it is money that must be paid to service the U.S. debt.
The Congressional Budget Office says that federal spending for major health care programs and Social Security are on track to 14 percent of the gross domestic product by 2038, twice the 7 percent average of the past 40 years.