You know, arts spending is discretionary.

Although Reagan could not bring down spending on entitlement programs for retirees, America s non defense discretionary spending was reduced by one third, from 4.7 of GDP in the 1980 to 3.1 in 1988.

He also promises an immediate 5 cut in non defense discretionary spending in 2013, on top of the huge cuts already scheduled to take effect.

Worse yet, discretionary non defense spending includes programs that are indispensable for economic growth and economic growth is indispensable for America s future prosperity and global standing.

So he called for a five year freeze on what the US government calls discretionary civilian spending.

Consumers can reduce spending on other discretionary items and use the savings to pay higher gasoline prices.

But now there is talk of how the global crisis is slowing down these economies and killing off discretionary spending.

The budget cuts discretionary spending (other than defense and homeland security) by nearly 1 , and slashes as many as 150 domestic programs.

One hopes that it will soon reach similar levels throughout the developed world, and wherever people can make choices about their discretionary spending.

Nor is Romney s promise to enact immediate cuts in federal discretionary spending by an additional 5 likely to boost job growth, as he asserts.

For instance, the fuel efficiency of every automobile and truck is fixed, and most travel is non discretionary.

There is also a need, in the view of the Committee, to identify outputs mandated by legislative bodies (non discretionary outputs) and those initiated by the Secretariat (discretionary outputs) (see also para. 16 below).

The Government currently supports a small number of healing programmes through discretionary grants and other non ongoing funding sources.

Moreover, the Advisory Committee recognizes the distinction that should be made between the outputs that were originally initiated by the Secretariat (discretionary outputs) and those that were originally mandated by legislative bodies (non discretionary outputs).

Discretionary cases under staff rules

We do not accept the view that contributions internationally agreed and accepted by Governments should be regarded as a discretionary item of spending for any Government or legislature.

The orange slice is what's discretionary.

At the same time, automatic reductions in the defense budget and discretionary domestic spending agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans in the summer of 2011 will take effect.

All of the spending cuts come from the discretionary part of the federal budget, which excludes Social Security, Medicare, the Medicaid program for the poor, and interest on the national debt.

This would reduce the deficit by more than 400 billion over the next decade, and will bring discretionary spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.

By 2019, total military spending is projected to be 8.2 trillion, exceeding by 2 trillion the budgeted outlays for all non mandatory budget spending.

The International Monetary Fund suggests that as much as 75 of the fiscal stimulus in the advanced countries comprises non discretionary counter cyclical measures.

Non discretionary activities and outputs are specifically requested, usually in a resolution, by Member States, and the Secretariat has no discretion regarding their implementation.

According to the credit card provider MasterCard, by 2010 China s middle class will number 100 million, each with discretionary spending of 5,590, and 7.5 million affluent people, each with 13,500 to spend.

Discretionary fiscal policy is often clumsy in responding to recession, given the usual lags in legislative and administrative implementation and the politics of pork and special interests surrounding spending and tax decisions.

This distinction is important when determining what can be considered discretionary and non discretionary activities and outputs, especially in the context of decision making by programme managers on the nature and scope of outputs, including their discontinuation, without obtaining the prior approval of legislative bodies.

Likewise, the Reagan Revolution in the US stopped the upward trend in non defense spending.

The separation of powers and limitations on discretionary powers

How much money do they have discretionary to spend?

Many analysts had expected emerging markets to generate exponential growth over the next decade. But now there is talk of how the global crisis is slowing down these economies and killing off discretionary spending.

However, those mechanisms should not reflect political or discretionary considerations.

Recent analysis by the International Monetary Fund suggests that as much as 80 of the fiscal stimulus in advanced countries during the current crisis is non discretionary.

The restored tax rates will, for the foreseeable future, be sufficient to support the US defense establishment, the growing US social insurance system, and a moderate albeit inadequate and suboptimal amount of other discretionary federal spending.

Spending. Obama has dramatically increased spending.

The termination, curtailment or modification of non discretionary activities or outputs, in the vast majority of cases, require prior approval by the intergovernmental body that made the request.

Benefits should be expanded and extended for a limited, discretionary period.

So the structure established by the August 2 law concentrates deficit reduction on the discretionary non defense part of the federal budget, which is only about 10 of it.

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That meant that States would have a large amount of discretionary power.

(b) Promoting collaboration to mobilize discretionary income of public schools. Toolkits should be provided to public schools, suggesting ways to generate discretionary income, including through collaboration with the private sector

Judges, especially the President of the Court, have been granted wide discretionary powers.

So, I wonder, Can it be that 10 of our economy is discretionary?

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Spending money.

That restructuring will occur, deficit spending or no deficit spending.