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vilsack testified on policy and recommendations for the 2023 farm bill before the house agricultural committee. watch that tonight starting at 8:00 on c-span, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. and twitter and you can follow the show on instagram. the associated press poll came out last month. here are some overall takeaways. if found that u.s. adults are divided over whether they want to seeger government offering bigger services -- more services or a smaller government offering fewer services. 64% says the government is spending too much. 16% says the government is spending too little and 6 -- others think the government is spendi right amount.

about half say too much is spent the environment. republicans are more likely than democrats to indicate that the military, law enforcement, and border security are underfunded. far more democrats say too tt is spent on the poor, the environment, government assistance and scientific research. that is the poll. here his how you can let us know. -- here is how you can let us know. republicans (202) 748-8000, democrats (202) 748-8001, independents (202) 748-8002.

maybe if you want to text --if you want to text us, (202) 748-8003. you can follow the show and post on twitter and instagram. you saw that overall type line -- topline figure and 64% saying the government spending too much and 12% of those responding say the government is spending too much on education versus 65% saying the government is spending too little and 21% saying it is the right amount. health, 16% saying the government is spending too much and 63% saying it is spending to level -- little and 90% saying it is spending the right amount. 62% saying the government is spending too little and issues

are medicare, 10% of those things too much spending happening and too much -- little is 50% and border security and military. military, 29% of those saying the government is spending too much and 35% saying they are spending too little and 34% saying it is not the right amount. maybe you have your own categories where the government should spend more or spend less. maybe you want to throw in the right amount. primarily, spending less categories, if you want to make comments, (202) 748-8001 republicans, (202) 748-8000, democrats, and independents (202) 748-8002.

caller: we should probably spend more money on crime and homelessness and health care and i think we can give back money by giving a military -- the military a a hair cut 10%. host: what kind of programs -- if we will spend that money, what would you like to see done with those categories? caller: it is clear, if you look at san francisco and other cities, the homelessness -- even in san diego, it is out of control and it is sad and heartbreaking. when you have got nothing, crime is up -- on the rights --rise.

we spent 60 times more on a military been checked -- then china does. we can get that money from the military and some stuff we don't need. at 10% haircut on military would give us enough resources to help them. i am not a sociologist. i just know by going around town and what i am seeing on the news, increased crime rate and it is the richest country on earth and it is disgraceful we have these problems. i wish i could turn a blind eye but is everywhere. host: let's hear from michelle, silver spring maryland. do you want the government to spend more or less money? caller: i would like to see the government spent more money in be carried -- the area of homelessness. what my comment is, and also

other programs such as cleaning the excrement from the street from the homeless. i would like to see the government create a job base of getting people off the street. i have to literally step over people who are laying on the street when i get off the subway and when i walked down the street -- that is a national emergency. that is my comment admit -- and the excrement, the soil of the people is on the street and that is in contrary to what american is -- america is in the bible says what we do to the least of them you do the most to me. host: gen. mcconville: -- host: sherry the wake --dewick -- when it comes to be suspending issues, more on america, she

says, and less on foreign countries. one person says zero dollars on elected bureaucrats and/or garlic -- dollars on three letter agencies. one person says spend less on the military industrial complex. where would you like to see the government spend more or less? the 2023 national defense authorization act -- this is what they found. it was a $857 billion topline defense spending that is of a percent from $777 billion and $45 billion was originally requested from the white house it was $30 billion in the energy department for national security programs, $10 billion for

defense-related activities outside the jurisdiction and it would include 4.6% pay raise for military service numbers and doc civilian members. as we go to the larger issue of president biden's 20 for request. you can find that on c-span. if you go to our archived at c-span.org and go to february. you can find the program stare at c-span.org. virgil in nevada. democrats -- democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. if the people who were --are making all the money as a result of living in america, if they pay their fair share of taxes,

they would not have this conversation. host: as far -- that is the sourcing, where would you like to see the government spend more or less money? caller: homeless is important. it is a big country. it is like an aircraft carrier. everything, keep it running, it has to be there and there are people not paying their fair share. it is hard to keep the ship running. host: just to show you the headline from reuters, the united states, the irs planning on hiring staff over the next two years with $80 billion in new federal funds and part of that desire when it comes to collections and the work of collections by that agency. jonathan in california. caller: good morning and i am

delighted to be on the cell because i have been watching it -- on the show because i have been watching it for decades and i have been watching all of you. on the subject of government spending, -- [laughter] we have to do -- reduce it by 25% and we have to take away benefits from the nonproductive rational senatorial people. -- congressional senatorial people. host: why start there? caller: bayer nonproductive. they don't have a profit motive. efficiency is not important. host: jonathan there. then in for covington -- ben in fort covington, new york. caller: thank you for c-span.

my suggestion is the gentleman who called, trying to cut down -- hello? host: you are on. caller: it is trying to cut down on the cost of government itself. all of the elected officials in washington and i live in new york state, how much do each one of them get to run the office and hire their staff? they get free mail. the mail my representative sent to me and it is full of them cutting ribbons and things like that. the other thing i wondered, if you are -- if you win a one term election in the house of representatives, does that mean you get health care for the rest of your life? do you get a pension? i am wondering how high that is but i that they are underpaying

williams of dollars that could be cut. host: the congressional budget office on their website took a look at fiscal year 2022. as far as spending and revenue. they found the federal government laid out $6.3 trillion, 4.1 trillion dollars in mandatory spending and 1.7 in mandatory spending and the revenues that the government took in, $4.9 trillion. they break it down by category and when it comes to the mandatory spending, 4.1 trillion overall and $1.2 trillion in spending. medicaid, $592 billion. student loan programs, $482 billion and other spending $520 billion.

defense, $751 billion and the category of interest, $475 billion for category -- calendar year 2022. more charts like this at cb o.org. republican line. caller: i think they should spend less on the giveaways. some giveaways are good. some giveaways for poor people are good and they need to address their -- the homelessness and babies and the wanted --women -- for women who need help. i am conservative but they waste too much on military. there is a lot of fraud in the military.

the -- day off to help senior citizens -- they ought to help senior citizens. i have to have four major noninvasive examinations and that will cost me in co-pays over $1500 and i cannot afford it. i have called the darn insurance company and they say there is nothing i can do about it. i have to have a brain scan for my memory and cancer probably. they should be more cognizant of those of us living on our social security. we work 40 years and we only get social security. i think they should give us more assistance. some of these federal giveaways, they go overboard. host: what do you find -- define as a giveaway program? caller: recently, all these

things -- they are giving these so-called women with a lot of children. i am against that. i went to a restaurant the other day when they were giving away money and they were partying with some of that money that they get instead of attending to their children. there should be more accountability on how they spend that money, individuals. they don't give senior citizens a darn thing. host: bob is telling his story and what he thinks where governments should be spending more or less. ricky in virginia. democrats line. caller: can you very? -- hear me? the u.s. should spend more money

on the middle class. i think that they should invest in human energy, which would decrease unemployment, decrease property, and -- poverty and increase help --health. it can be done through decreasing the military -- the fund and the military. it can deliver peace of mind to everyone. host: when you say the middle class, and human energy, what would you like spending to look like? what type of specific spending are you talking about? caller: you have no industry in this country, per se. through energy technicians supplemented by the government,

it would save money and increase health and decrease the lack of energy. as well as decrease pollution. these things can be thought out and done and more money needs to go there. host: ricky in alexandria, virginia. if you are joining us, where would you like to see the government spend more money or where would you like them to spend less money? call us on the line, (202) 748-8001 four republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats, independents (202) 748-8002. when it comes to spending issues, this person says raise the debt ceiling. jeff in michigan, stop giving the oil industry subsidies.

stop funding autocracies in the middle east. one person on our facebook page, spend more on the tax code. the cbo shows the government spending by category. $1.5 trillion for payroll taxes, other sources of revenue $356 billion. . is a lot of information on the cbo site. richmond, virginia, independent line. sean. caller: how are you? host: go ahead. caller: more money should be spent on education specifically, for local income areas and

public schools. that is a big problem. homelessness is a major problem, especially in my city, 82% low income. i feel like it is bigger than just political. i feel like american should put their values more into people instead of money. i also believe there should be more spending also in mental health areas. a lot of these money's going towards lee terry. -- military. crime is outrageous but crime is something that will not be eliminated so i feel like the government should focus more on money, mental health, public education, and homelessness. host: education. thank you. education, back to the poll, 12%

responding think the government is spending too much with education issues and 65% saying too little is spent and 21% are saying it is just the right amount of money spent on that category. basis from john, -- this is from john, west virginia, republican line. caller: how are you? the reason i think we should be spending less trying to put tru mp in jail so he cannot run for president. look how much we are spending on the border and giving people new clothes and putting them in hotels and people here sleeping on the street and it is pathetic the way this country is getting. host: border security is one of the categories. 23% of those same -- saying that

too much money is being spent there. how they define border security is broad but in general, 63% say that enough is being spent on that category and 22% saying the right amount of money on border security. a lot of categories there and if you want to see the poll, you can find it online at ap.org. albie in nebraska. independent line. you are next. caller: i think we should continue to spend more in the military because of the fact that we are embarking on a new embarking of fighting -- importance of finding --emb

arkment on fighting. -- and how other countries look at that so i think we need to spend more. even though it is the largest project -- budget, we need to understand that we are not fighting with just bullets. we are fighting strategically and i would say we need that. we need to educate -- spend more in educate -- education because we want to be smart. we want to be proactive and not just reactive in the sense of understanding what is going on down only in our country but globally. we need to have more jobs in america. we have to get the people out there and get them the job that

has meaning and value and that will pay the bills. host: that is albie. he talks about education and we take a look at the president's 2024 budget request. how much that money will go to specific grant programs. education program from k-12, 20 billion requested for title i -- 932 million dollars for part c and it would grant if approved, title to teacher professional state grants $2.2 billion. $360 billion school grants. it breaks health -- down health

and other things. this is a look at the 2024 budget request the president had made and how it would break things down if it were approved. republican line. new york. caller: my problem is. public housing, how they treat people in public housing. . how they went from the same income housing and rent went from $23,000 and low rent, it is not low income housing because those appointments -- we need housing. for the homeless, low income, and the low income people and we don't have it and when -- what

we do have, they charge people too much money. they don't explain to people what they get when they move into those apartments, you know what i'm saying? what the section eight means, it doesn't have meaning -- people to explain that stuff and the state needs to start making them do that. host: you are saying more money for section eight? caller: yes, low income and new income and the homeless. host: that is ruth in new york. a breakdown on large categories and small categories, tell us where you want to see the government spend more or less. independent line, been in florida --ben in florida. caller: we are looking at a situation where no one wants to save money but they are looking

to spend money in areas they think. we need to get accountability into our spending. if we are looking at education, what was it, $307 million was given to the education and they cannot account for it? our education has dropped from is spring predominate in the world to -- from us being predominate in the world to 27th worldwide? before we spend anything on education and giveaway programs, we have to make them accountable. we have to know where our money is going but it goes to you people and they get wealthy administering it. you have to cut back on government, the irs situation is a joke. go to fair tax where everyone

pays a certain amount of money, whether it is rich or poor. it doesn't matter. you pay 20%, 15%, right out the top, everyone goes, you don't need an irs. there is no discount or giveaways. it is a fixed amount everyone pays. it is sensible. we don't do it because government wants to keep us a, separated and b beating at the government -- feeding at the government's teat. host: democrats line. caller: i went to say that, we should be spending it on education, we should be training children to have some kind of

decency, and we need to take out all the lying and carrying on. all these things that are happening that should not happen. as far as the money is spent, they should be given an account and someone should check on them. host: laverne in indiana. we spent a half hour on you telling us where you you would like to see the government spend more or less and some of you mentioning specifics and you can do that at (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats and independents, (202) 748-8002. you can text us at (202) 748-8003. you will remember that in the days before congress left for their break after the introduction of the 2024 budget, kevin mccarthy went before cameras not to not only talk about budget issues but talk

about spending issues or cuts in spending before the raising of the debt ceiling and here is that justification. [video clip] >> i have given the president many ideas. how would you limit? we have billions of dollars sitting bear that has been dormant for more than two years. why don't you save taxpayer money? we have abilities to help the supply chain. how can we help people get back to work? split work requirements. they're going to school and if they are looking for job, they are fine but we can help the supply chain. we can grow the economy. hr1 is one of those abilities and there are a lot of ideas out and we have more than $4 trillion in savings and we can limit the amount of growth and the real difficulty here is simply checking the facts.

the president will read with deep rational budget office -- with the congressional budget office. under president, he is spending more than 23.7 percent on the gdp on the way to 25%. if you look at revenues because the president's only answer is to raise more taxes. only 200 times in the u.s. have we brought this much money. when the democrats had the majority, they spent like drunken sailors. they created inflation and they went after the energy industry. what we need to do is sit down like any household would have it and find places that we can eliminate waste, fraud, and create a system that makes the

energy in america stronger but make the economy better. host: people on facebook telling us where they would like to see the government spend more or less. one person says when it comes to more spending, he references chips and arms. debbie saying cut spending that is not of interest to the country. one person says we can start by cutting the pay of $174,000 a year towards newly elected officials. who started that salary? jason trott says about the irs -- abolished the irs. --abolish the irs. george in maryland, independent line. hi. caller: i am not an expert but i

am in the military and some think we should spend on the military but instead of senate seat -- incentivizing other agencies to spend their budget or spend it or lose it, they should make a way to incentivize savings as well as a lot of the redundant agencies like the atf, most states have a version of the atf and most states have other agencies that the federal government has a redundancy for so minimizing, the fda at a federal level and rely on states would probably be a good start. that is me applying common sense. host: george in maryland.

janet in new jersey, republican line. caller: hi. i have to agree with ben from florida. we need more accountability in government. look at the money spent by the national institute of health. they tortured animals and not showing results helpful to mankind. the teacher unions have so much control of the education system that any money that goes to education has to be accountable for -- accounted for. rather than teaching children things about -- that will alienate them. we should be teaching them the basic things of wrath and history and i don't think there is much civics in history. when i was in school, we learned world and u.s. history and we had civics class.

everyone in the government should be held accountable. i don't know if it is true but if you serve your term in congress, you get your salary for the rest --in your retirement? if that is true, that is wrong. host: janet in new jersey. the peterson foundation takes a look at health care issues and spending that they found for 2021. you can find it online, spending through private health insurance rose by five point 8% during that time and medicare spending rose 8.4% and totaling 901 billion in 2021. that is what increases. medicaid spending, rose 9.2% in 2020 12 $734 billion -- 2021 to

$734 billion. out-of-pocket spending felt -- with 10.4% increases driven -- following the decrease in use observed in 2020 two to the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. you can find information there. where should the government spend more or spend less? democrats line, new jersey, charles. caller: good morning. i will tell you three things, how to stop the crime, how to stop the killing, and how to stop the dropout in school.

[indiscernible] you set up a program where you train young men how to read and write because you did not teach them in school and give them a trade. give them to $50 a week --$250 dollars a week. give them something to look forward to. every young student coming out of high school should know a trade. f8 don't go to college, they don't know how to live because they don't know nothing. teach them a trade. young men in children, -- prison. let them all come. you train them and let them go to school at night. host: jim in mississippi.

independent line. caller: i want to expose a lot of realists that people don't want to keep real. the fact that all of these americans are all complicit to a crime. the crime is this country expects black people to be the burden bearers of the economy. they expect $1.5 trillion to not be billed and we spent 99% of it and we don't save anything. that is attentional. they won't give us free education after enslaving us. they want to put us in the same basket of everyone else. in order for us to be -- the credit card for the country. host: if that is your belief, where should the government spend more spend less? caller: the government should

spend more -- spend less on military industrial complex and and spend more in african-americans, people who built the country because you can't spent -- say anything about hitler's when you think about the atrocities that america has done. we don't have the moral compass to say anything about anyone else if it is ok to do black people like this. it is not -- not ok to give black people reparations and in a war or pandemic, we will put you back into slavery. that is what you are saying. host: if you go to the website of republican congressman ron perry, in pennsylvania, he has a q and a portion of the site. he has a myth.

members of congress have no tenure and all house members are elected two years and congressional pension is similar to federal employees. at 207 -- eight 2007 report outlines it. unless they declined the covers, members covered by the system also paid 1.3% of full sabra -- salary to the civil service retirement fund and members of congress are eligible for pension at age 62 if they have five years of service and members are eligible at age 50 if they have 25 years of service. by law, the starting amount of members retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of the final salary. if you want to read more, as far

as some of you asking about the members of congress and the benefits they get, you can read that, that is representative scott perry. you can find more from yourself. we have 19 minutes, where would you like to see the government either spend more money or spend less money? you can call us (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats and independents (202) 748-8002 and textiles at -- and text us (202) 748-8003. you can post on facebook and twitter. joanne in washington dc. democrats line. caller: where i would like to see more money spent is programs for the children out of poverty. the earned income tax credit,

that seemed to help a lot of families pull themselves up and out other situation as far as, being able to have more, especially with the increase of rent in a lot of cities. it is a struggle for parents with children to make it, for the food insecurity. i am not a parent. i don't have children. i do see the benefit in my neighborhood of that type of support. i would like to come into the man from new jersey talking about trade. making sure there is trade in school. i believe in that. when i was in high school, there was automotive's trades that you could follow, cosmetology. everyone is not meant to go to college but i think everyone

should leave high school prepare for life and not just thinking about trigonometry unless you want to be a math person but some real life skills. host: joanne in washington dc. this is carlos from delaware, texas, saying the end of corporate welfare is something he would like to see. david saying spending more on green and tech and public schools and health care and job training. and community policing. carl from facebook, universal health care for and it -- health care for every american citizen. that is some things people are listing when it comes to spending. france's in virginia -- francis

in virginia. independent line. caller: if you can hear me out, i would like to see the government abolished the irs -- abolish the irs and replace that with a tax and take the money saved from abolishing be --the irs and spending -- and spend it on materials for tiny houses similar to a program, built by volunteers -- by former president jimmy carter. host: who would get -- with -- with a tiny houses be available for a certain sector for the country? caller: for the homeless.

for this country's homeless people, especially our military veterans and others, families. host: francis. thank you, francis, there. you heard kevin mccarthy talking about spending issues and it was also towards the end of march before congress left for their break on the senate side of the majority leader schumer, talking about the house approach to debt ceiling and here is some of what he had to say. [video clip] >> if republicans want to push a separate section of the budget, that is their prerogative and it has been done many times by both parties. republicans would be reckless to take the full faith and credit of the united states hostage to force the conversation of the budget when there is an alternative path, separate.

debt ceiling and raising the ability of us to pay debt and discussions on the budget on taxes and spending. it is time -- that is reckless -- and it is becoming clearer to republicans themselves, even in the, -- house, the only path forward is having a clean debt spending and republicans can't push the separate discussion on the -- can't push the separate discussion on the budget. i started telling republican leaders, show us your plans. president biden and hocking jeffries -- hakeem jeffries joined in. you cannot sit down and discuss something if you do not have a plan.

leader mccarthy said just meet but what will they do, discussed the weather -- discuss the weather? do with the right way. -- do it the right way. the best way to do this is no hostagetaking, no brinksmanship on the debt ceiling and a strong and passionate discussion on spending issues, one separate from the other. host: you can find these at our website at c-span.org and let's hear from howard in indiana. democrats line. caller: good morning. pierre is to expand funding is university -- the area to spend -- expand funding is reversal health care and spend money on

space force so we dominate the next frontier of space. that will enable the u.s. and the rest of the world to tap into the abundance resource of -- abundant resource of the solar system. reparations for african americans, from 2020 dollars to $100 trillion that will establish justice required by our constitution together. with all treaties that people -- the americans have made with the indigenous people. we must establish justice because we live in a state of historical legacy injustice. those are the areas in which i would fund or drive funding. host: howard.

from florida, independent line, ken. caller: i was thinking, give more money on cybersecurity. russia is kicking our butt and everyone else and we need to catch up. host: you don't think our cyber systems are up to par? caller: not even close. as far as the money thing with economics, we were doing fine until donald trump wanted to go after our trading with china. this is when everything broke loose in -- hand our economy blew up --and our economy blew up. host: 10 in florida --ken in florida. if you go to usaidspending.gov,

it shows the spending that. $3.7 trillion of an obligated amount but when it comes to breakdowns, these are things we have seen as far as most of that going to national defense. social security 16.1% and 13.6 percent going to health-care spending and income security 10.5% and interest is 8.6%. usaspending.gov. it breaks down the government spending to give information when it comes to how much is being spent and what category is being spent. republican line, virginia, jerry. caller: yes. we could save a lot of money on supporting those illegal and

records -- illegal immigrants. we are at a trillion dollars so far? -- $8 trillion so far? all this new energy stuff, be inflation reduction act has something to do with reducing inflation but it is green energy. that is silly. that time to think about the debt ceiling would have -- and then go to the bank and see if you could burn money to pay for it. that is what congress did. that is ridiculous. host: kathleen in georgetown, delaware. democrats line. caller: good morning. i would like to say that more money should be spent right here in america instead of sending

$750 billion to this country and $300 trillion to backcountry. i would like to see more american tax dollars, workers being spent in america. we have delta and bayou and mississippi and all kinds of cities and towns and communities, there should be more money spent on housing instead of the shacks they built from rusted material. on top of that, we are not only gaily -- giving millions where a lot of people are suffering. they talk about food and gas but what about children's clothing? kids are outgrowing their clothes and shoes. they may be half the side of --

size of adults but they are just as expensive and on top of that, right now, with the crisis that we are in in ukraine and everywhere else, we are looking at china and russia and you know darn sure they are watching every move we are making and i am wonder who is watching home? --un? host: we will go to nathaniel? republican line. caller: i think that we as a country should definitely spend less money on giving aid to foreign countries and working on the homeless epidemic we have in america. in america, we see the countless homeless publishing go up and people dying on the street. people that need help and resources and we continue to give so many resources to

foreign countries where that money can be spent and i know americans make a lot of money on defense contracts. we need to have a centralized focus on helping the homeless and that is where a lot of our resources could go to the homeless population. they need our help and associates. --assistant. -- assistance. host: this takes a look at the topic of foreign aid saying the new head of the person -- that overseas they. --the aid -- kevin mccarthy said he wants to see fiscal 2020 four spending reduced to 2022 levels but has been vague about how to accomplish it. that dynamic has made foreign aid advocates nervous that far right republicans who made calls to the trump administration to

pass deep cuts to foreign aid spending. it is only less than 1% of federal spending, " i am a strong believer that we can find savings." " we have to sharpen our pencils and do a very thorough job on two things. we have to make sure the money that is being spent in -- is a priority and in priority areas, the money is being well spent." a few minutes left on this topic. on where you would like to see washington spend either more or less. natural, tennessee. -- nashville, tennessee. independent line. caller: can you hear me? host: yes. caller: i would like to see

money going to campaigns to stop. it is too much and they are not doing that good of a job. there has been 21 billion appointed to shore up the plan for people and ukraine? --in ukraine? that is too far. more money has to be put into homeless housing and here. are some put into where they are spending the money on. is it going to work? do you have to use the fossil fuel to make electricity for electric cars? or thought to put -- a little more thought to put into it. host: a facebook post this morning, spend money on the citizens and the country instead of ukraine. one person says you are tax breaks for people who have more money than they can spend and

more money to those where it makes a material difference in their quality of life with things like universal health care. one person saying spending less everywhere and eliminating -- pork. offered salary bonuses -- 50% of all unspent and a return of two $1 billion and any 5% up to spending of 100 billion -- just to give you information when it comes to debt. pew research di a survey of debt and taking a look at five facts about the national debt, you can find it online. they said one of those things, the federal government total public debt stood over several trillion. ss for several years, the

nation's debt is bigger than its gross domestic product, which is 36.13 trillion and eight the third quarter of 2024 -- 2022. that includes feta care -- medicare, the federal reserve system is the single largest holder of u.s. debt and number five, servicing the debt is one of the federal government's biggest expenses and net interest payment on the debt is estimated total -- 6.8% -- adding that is more than 100 billion then the government expects to spent on federal benefits and more that it will spent on elementary and secretary -- secondary

education. pew did this poll on february of this year. one more call, denver, colorado. this is jack. caller: caller: good morning. i am talking about basic equality. in this country when a boy reaches 18 years old he has the register for the draft. females do not have to register and yet combat in the next war. if we are going to poke at china, we better have a back up and we better have it ready. it is not right. for males, you can take away your scholarship if you are not registered. there is all kinds of backlash. i would say to femes