Comptroller General's Remarks to the Senate Centrist Coalition
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Table of contents
- Comptroller General's Remarks to the Senate Centrist Coalition
- 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: Sources and Examples 2004
- 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 2005 and All Expiring Tax Provisions are Extended
- Current Fiscal Policy Is Unsustainable
- The Way Forward
- Social Security and Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Funds Face Cash Deficits
- Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Spending as a Percent of GDP
- U.S. Elderly Dependency Ratio Expected to Continue to Increase
- U.S. Labor Force Growth Will Continue to Decline
- Key Dates Highlight Long Term Challenges of the Social Security System
- Different Measures, Same Challenge
- Social Security Reform Elements
- Key Elements for Economic Security in Retirement
- Social Security: The Bottom Line Illustrative Questions and Answers Based on the Latest Trustees' Reports
- Questions and Answers (cont'd 1)
- Questions and Answers (cont'd 2)
- Questions and Answers (cont'd 3)
- Questions and Answers (cont'd 4)
- Final