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Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today

GAO-08-337CG Published: Dec 03, 2007. Publicly Released: Dec 03, 2007.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa, on December 3, 2007. Major topics of this presentation include: the composition of federal spending, the growing fiscal burden, state and local governments' increasing fiscal challenges, and a three-pronged approach for moving forward.

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Balanced budgetsBudget administrationBudget deficitDeficit reductionEconomic analysisEconomic growthEconomic policiesFiscal policiesIntergovernmental fiscal relationsLocal governmentsPerformance measuresProgram evaluationState governmentsStrategic planning