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According to the CBO's infographic for 2013, the federal spend was approximately $3.5 trillion, of which $2.0 trillion was for mandatory programs, i.e. Social Security, Medicare, etc.  This translates into 57 per cent of the federal spend in FY13.  If the interest on the debt is included as a mandatory spend, which it is, since failure to pay the interest would throw the United States into default ala Argentina, the total mandatory spend is 62.8 per cent of total outlays. Table S-4 of OMB's FY15 budget data, which includes actual numbers for FY13, shows a mandatory spend of $2.1 trillion or 60 per cent of total outlays of $3.5 trillion.  Again, adding in the interest on the national debt raises the percentage of the mandatory spend, from my point of view, to 66.7 per cent of total outlays. During FY 13, according to the Social Security and Medicare Trustee's report, the spend for the Disability Insurance Program, which is the federal government's primary disability insurance program that draws on taxpayer dollars, was $143.4 billion. This was for all disability payments, which cover all qualified disabilities, not just those stemming from vehicle accidents. What is the source of the claim that automobile accidents are a major driver of disability costs that are uninsured?  And what does any of this have to do with passenger rail?
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