Choosing the nation's fiscal future

Choosing the nation's fiscal future / Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and National Academy of Public Administration.

This comprehensive book considers a range of policy changes that could help put the budget on a sustainable path: reforms to reduce the rate of growth in spending for Medicare and Medicaid; options to reduce the growth rate of Social Security benefits or raise payroll taxes; and changes in many othe...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, National Academy of Public Administration
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Budget > United States.
Government spending policy > United States.
Fiscal policy > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Budget
Fiscal policy
Government spending policy
budget public > dépenses publiques > gestion > politique fiscale > Etats-Unis.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • The long-term challenge
  • Framing the choices
  • Fiscal prudence
  • Choices for sustainable budget
  • Options for Medicare and Medicaid
  • Options for Social Security
  • Options for defense and other domestic spending
  • Revenue options
  • Multiple paths to sustainability
  • Fiscal stewardship: a budget process for the long term
  • What should be done now?

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