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Choosing the nation's fiscal future /

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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivités auteurs: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, National Academy of Public Administration
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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?