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U.S. Financial Condition and Fiscal Future Briefing

GAO-08-490CG Published: Jan 29, 2008. Publicly Released: Jan 29, 2008.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the University of Akron on January 29, 2008. Major topics of this presentation include: federal spending for mandatory and discretionary programs, measures of the budget deficit, net operating costs, public debt, and the growing fiscal burden.

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