NTUF examined the implications of cutting non-defense discretionary accounts by 6 percent from the levels under consideration by Congress and cutting defense accounts by 1.5 percent.
Analysis assumes no changes in entitlement programs.
John Berthoud is President of National Taxpayers Union Foundation. Notes 1 Letter and analysis provided by Dan Crippen, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, to Representatie John Spratt, September 29, 1999.