What are the government spending?

Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments. ... Government spending can be financed by government borrowing, seigniorage, or taxes. Changes in government spending is a major component of fiscal policy used to stabilize the macroeconomic business cycle. read more

Discretionary Spending The discretionary budget is $1.203 trillion. It pays for everything else. Congress decides how much to appropriate for these programs each year. That means it's the only government spending that Congress can cut. read more

Spending in the Tax Code. When the federal government spends money on mandatory and discretionary programs, the U.S. Treasury writes a check to pay the program costs. But there is another type of federal spending that operates a little differently. read more