The Nation's Growing Fiscal Imbalance
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Table of contents
- The Nation's Growing Fiscal Imbalance
- What Kind of Work Does GAO Do?
- GAO's Strategic Plan
- GAO's High-Risk List 2005
- Composition of Federal Spending
- Federal Spending for Mandatory and Discretionary Programs
- Fiscal Year 2004 Deficit Numbers
- Surplus or Deficit as a Share of GDP Fiscal Years 1962-2004
- Selected Fiscal Exposures
- Another Way to Think About These Numbers
- Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Under Baseline Extended
- Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Assuming Discretionary Spending Grows with GDP after 2004 and All Expiring Tax Provisions are Extended
- Current Fiscal Policy Is Unsustainable
- The Way Forward
- Long-term Fiscal Challenges Demand New Metrics, Mechanisms, and Processes
- Improved Metrics, Measures and Processes: Some Ideas
- We Need a Multifaceted Approach to Close the Long-Term Fiscal Gap
- Illustrative Generic Re-examination Questions
- Illustrative Generic Re-examination Questions (Cont'd 1)
- Illustrative Generic Re-examination Questions (Cont'd 2)
- Selected 21st Century Questions
- Key National Indicators
- Transformation Defined
- The Case for Change
- Transformation Has Different Dimensions
- Transformation: A New Model for Government Organizations
- Keys to Making Change Happen
- Key Transformation Elements
- Transformation is...
- Key Dates Highlight Long Term Challenges of the Social Security System
- Social Security: The Bottom Line Illustrative Questions and Answers Based on the Latest Trustees' Reports
- Questions and Answers (Cont'd)
- Questions and Answers (Cont'd 1)
- Questions and Answers (Cont'd 2)
- Questions and Answers (Cont'd 3)
- GAO Criteria For Evaluating Social Security Reform Proposals
- Final