And though Trump has argued that he's saved a lot of money already on renegotiating contracts (he said that he trimmed over $700 million off the F-35 project, which is disputed), his budget isn't going to touch the big sources of spending.
Tax refunds are a big source of spending for consumers who could not afford bigger-ticket items during the holiday shopping season.
Related to today's column: Suppose that you were really, really concerned about the long-run federal budget, and understood correctly that rising health care costs are the biggest source of rising spending.
The Chinese have become the single biggest source of global tourism income after spending $102bn £67bnn; 79bn euros) while travelling abroad in 2012.
So the roughly $6 billion that the Department of Energy was given to clean up nuclear sites, for example, which was the biggest source of federal contracts, must be spent where the nuclear waste is.
China is set to take over from the United States next year as the biggest source of growth in global ad spending.
China is Cambodia's biggest source of foreign direct investment, with stated plans to spend $8bn on3600 different projects during the first seven months of 2011.
Respected analysts across the ideological spectrum agree that rising health care spending is the biggest source of the frightening long-run deficit projections.
During his first two terms, Mr. Pataki was able to dramatically cut personal income tax rates, the biggest source of state revenue, and still greatly increase spending, because the boom on Wall Street flooded state coffers with revenue.
There's a reason everyone hates meetings - according to a 2012 survey, almost half of all respondents consider meetings to be the biggest source of wasted time at work - bigger, even, than time spent on personal and recreational websites.
