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likely than democrats indicate that the border security are underfunded. former democrats say too little spent on aids for the poor, environment, childcare assistance and scientific research. that is some of the overall findings from this poll from the associated press and we will show you more in our our. --hour. if you want to tell us where you think the government either should spend more money or less money and perhaps you want to do

some of both. here is how you can let us know. republicans, (202) 748-8000, democrats (202) 748-8001 and independence -- independents (202) 748-8001 --(202) 748-8002. if you want to text this, you can do that at (202) 748-8003. here is more from the associated press, when it comes to individual categories. ask about government spending too much or too little or just right. you saw 60% saying this -- the government spends too much. when it comes to specific categories, 12% of those responding say the government is spending too much on education versus 65% saying the government is spending to level -- little and 21% saying it is the right

amount. health care, 20% saying the government is spending too much and 19% saying just might -- the right amount. social security, only 7% of respondents say the government is spending too much on the category with 62% saying the government is spending too little. issues of medicare, 10% of those same too much spending there, too little spending, 58% and border security and the military, that military category, 29% of those same the government is spending too much money on that category. 39% saying the government is spending too little and 34% it is the right amount when it comes to military. maybe you have your own categories whether government should spend more or less. maybe you want to throw in the right amount. primarily, spending more are spending less category, if you want to make those comments,

(202) 748-8001 republicans. this is sam, democrats line. caller: i think that we should spend more money for less money and what i mean by that is we should probably spend less money on crime, homelessness and health care and i think we can get that money by maybe giving them military help a haircut of about 10% and that would generate a lot of money. host: if we are going to spend that kind of money, what would you like to see done on those categories? caller: it is clear that 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 done nothing, crime is on the rise and i know we spent 60 times more on our military than china does so i think we can get that money from the military. some of the stuff we don't need. a tape percent cut -- a 10% haircut on military would give us enough resources to help the homeless. i am not a sociologist. i am not familiar. i just know by going around town and what i am seeing on the news, increased crime rate and and -- rates and we are 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. independent line. do you want the government to spend more or less money? caller: i would like to see the government spent more money in the area of homelessness. i did not hear the hundred -- other gentlemen's comment but 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 walk down the street and i think that is a national emergency. that is my comment. especially the excrement, the soil of the people is on the streets and that is in contrary to what america is and what you

do to the least of them you do the most to me. host: you can post on facebook. when it comes to these spending issues, more on america, she says, and less on foreign countries. one person zero dollars on elected bureaucrats, zero dollars on three letter agencies. rodney glover says spend less on the military industrial complex. where would you like to see the government spend more or less? some of you telling us, some mentioning the military. the 2023 national defense authorization act which sent out the broad categories of debate when it comes to spending issues on the military, this is what they found. it was a $857 billion topline defense spending that is of a -- that is up 70% percent from

$777 billion and $45 billion was -- more than originally requested from the white house. it would put $30 billion in the energy department for national security programs, $10 billion of that will be for defense-related activities outside the ndah jurisdiction and it would include 4.6% pay raise for military service members and dod civilian members. as we go to the larger issue of president biden's 2024 request. you can find that on c-span. if you go to our archive at c-span.org and go to february. we spent a week of looking at the broad categories on spending. you can find the programs on their at c-span.org. where should the government

spend more or less? virgil in nevada. democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i think that if the wealthy people who are making all the money as a result of living in -- on america, if they pay their fair share of taxes, we would not have this conversation. host: as far as that, 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. or a battleship. everything, keep it running. it has to be there and the wealthy people are 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 20,000 new 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. independent line. caller: good morning. i am delighted to be on the show because i have been watching it for decades and i admire all of you and the relevance of the program. on the subject of government spending [laughter] we ought to reduce it by at least 25%. we should start by taking away benefits from some of the nonproductive senatorial people. -- congressional senatorial people. host: why start there? caller: i don't think they are very effective or nonproductive. they don't have a profit motive. timing is not important. efficiency is not important.

that kind of thing. host: jonathan there. ben in fort covington, new york. democrats line. hello. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. my suggestion is the gentleman -- is like the gentleman who just called, it is trying to cut down -- hello? host: you are on. go ahead. 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 -- run their office and hire their staff? they get free mail. the mail my representative sent to me, is practically useless. it is full of them cutting ribbons and things like that. the other thing i wondered, 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 think they are billions 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. overall, they found the federal government laid out $6.3 trillion with -- $4.1 trillion 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 . when it comes to the mandatory spending, $4.1 trillion overall

and $1.2 trillion in spending. -- medicaid, $592 billion. income security programs, $581 billion. student loan programs, $482 billion and other spending $520 billion. that discretionary spending in 2022 for nondefense issues, $751 billion and the category of net interest, $475 billion for calendar year 2022. more information and graphs like this, if you want to go to the website at cbo.org. where should the government spend more spend less? -- spend more or spend less? republican line. caller: i think they should spend less on some of these giveaways. some giveaways are good. some giveaways for poor people are good. i think they need to address the

homelessness and they need to address babies and the women -- or women who need help. i am conservative but they waste too much on military. there is a lot of waste and fraud going on in the military. i think they off to help -- they ought to help senior citizens. i am living off of $18,000 a month and my co-pays, i have to have major noninvasive examinations. that will cost me in co-pays over $1500 and i cannot afford it. i have called the darn insurance company and they said 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 -- living just 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 define as a giveaway program? caller: recently, all these -- they are giving these so-called women with a lot of children. i am totally against that. i went to a restaurant the other day, a couple months ago 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: ok. bob is telling his story and -- as far as his personal story

and what he thinks on where governments should be spending more or less. ricky in alexandria, virginia. democrats line. caller: can you hear me? host: you are on, go ahead. caller: the u.s. should spend more money on the middle class. they pretty much engine the company. i think that they should invest in human energy, which would decrease unemployment, decrease poverty and increase health. it can be done through decreasing the slush fund and the military. these things can be done. it would deliver peace of mind to everyone. host: when you say the middle class and you say human energy specifically, 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 federal government spend more money or where would you like to see the federal government to spend less money? call us on the line, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats, independents (202) 748-8002.

you can text us at (202) 748-8002 --(202) 748-8003. when it comes to spending issues, this person says raise the debt ceiling. stop playing games with the economy. jeff in michigan, stop giving the oil industry subsidies. stop funding autocracies in the middle east. one person from our facebook page, spend more on the tax -- on enforcing the tax code. the cbo shows the government -- shows the revenue taking in. when it comes to money coming in, 2.6 trillion dollars of that coming from individual payroll taxes. -- individual taxes. in 2022, $1.5 trillion for payroll taxes, other sources of revenue $356 billion. there is a lot of information there on the cbo site.