During the interwar period, the Yugoslav military budget expended 30 per cent of government outlays. That is, revenues and outlays are recognized when transactions are made. In 2011, mandatory spending had increased to 56% of federal outlays. Federal Medicaid outlays were estimated to be $204 billion in 2008. The sum of outlays and tax cuts up to this point was $666 billion. Mandatory federal outlays for health programs increased as a result. At the same time outlays increased with the expensive Utah War. Moscow faced mounting pressure from its Warsaw Pact allies to reduce outlays to Vietnam. However, in all cases, there were large outlays of employees.