When the US gov passes spending bills like $2Bil for A and $5Bil for B does it mean other things aren’t funded or money is taken away from other projects?
In my day to day experience nothing change whether a spending bill is passed or not, is there somewhere I can see it? Ive heard US national debt works different than personal debt, is that the case and is it related?
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The government can’t spend money unless Congress passes laws allowing them to. That includes paying for salaries of government employees and the military. No defense spending bill, no DoD getting paid. If they aren’t getting paid, the government civilian employees don’t work (mostly).
The same is true for other federal agencies. For example, if there is no Department of the Interior spending bill passed into law, that means that National Parks will most likely be closed. There’s always going to be some exceptions. Critical care in VA hospitals isn’t just going to stop, and the military will report as ordered. A bare minimum to be able to start up operations again when a spending bill is passed will continue to be available.
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