The Nation's Growing Fiscal Imbalance: Perspectives and Issues

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Table of contents

• The Nation's Growing Fiscal Imbalance: Perspectives and Issues
• 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 2005a
• 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
• 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
• 21st Century Challenges Report
• Generic Reexamination Criteria and Sample Questions
• Twelve Reexamination Areas
• Themes
• Illustrative 21st Century Questions
• Illustrative 21st Century Questions
• Illustrative 21st Century Questions
• Illustrative 21st Century Questions -
• Key National Indicators
• Social Security and Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Funds Face Cash Deficits
• Key Dates Highlight Long Term Challenges of the Social Security System
• Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Spending as a Percent of GDP
• GAO Criteria for Evaluating Social Security Reform Proposals
• Evaluating Health Care System Reforms
• Health Care System Elements: Incentives, Transparency, and Accountability
• Key Leadership Attributes For Success
• Close