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To: Road Walker who wrote (177533)	11/5/2003 1:27:30 PM
From: TimF	of 1576893

Yes true, unless you are a nitwit trying to make some obscure point. No, not true at all and the point isn't obscure. The "this context" that I was referring to, in which the labels discretionary and non-discretionary are not significant is the context of considering how overall government spending or overall non-defense government spending is growing. Required by law or not, the burden of the taxes to cover the spending is the same. Required by law or not congress has the power to change the spending, or in other words the spending is at the discretion of congress. dictionary.reference.com 5 entries found for discretion. dis·cre·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-skrshn) n. 1. The quality of being discreet; circumspection. See Synonyms at prudence. 2. Ability or power to decide responsibly. 3. Freedom to act or judge on one's own: All the decisions were left to our discretion. dis·cretion·al adj. dis·cretion·al·ly adv. Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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