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Indeed, the big four are the major drivers of the federal debt.  Having said that, however, a line item analysis of the federal budget, which I perform each year for an interest group that I participate in at the University of Texas, shows that the small stuff, much of which is discretionary, adds up.   Last year I went through the CBO's analysis of items it believed could be cut from the federal budget or reduced significantly without having a deleterious impact on the well being of society.  Of course, the CBO's definition of impact is as subjective as yours or mine.  Nevertheless, I came up with more than $590 billion, ranging from $93 billion just by cutting improper payments, i.e. errors to fraud, as per the GAO, to $1 million in subsidies for cotton seed storage.   No one item is driving the federal budget and deficits.  But every little bit of unfunded activity, including the subsidies to Amtrak, adds to the problem. Just a little more gasoline will not put out a fire.
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