<P> The United States federal budget consists of mandatory expenditures ( which include entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security ) , discretionary spending for defense , Cabinet Departments ( e.g. , United States Department of Justice ) and agencies ( e.g. , Securities & Exchange Commission ) , and interest payments on debt . </P>
<P> The United States federal budget consists of mandatory expenditures ( which include entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security ) , discretionary spending for defense , Cabinet Departments ( e.g. , United States Department of Justice ) and agencies ( e.g. , Securities & Exchange Commission ) , and interest payments on debt . </P>
mandatory spending include interest on the national debt and
mandatory spending include interest on the national debt and
entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security
entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security