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21st Century Challenges: Retirement Insecurity

GAO-07-220CG Published: Nov 07, 2006. Publicly Released: Nov 07, 2006.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the AICPA National Conference on Federal Taxes in Washington, D.C. on November 7, 2006. Major topics of this presentation include: the growing fiscal burden, the budget deficit, composition of federal spending, economic security in retirement, social security reform, pension protection, social security benefits, and health care reform.

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Retirement Security
Budget administrationBudget authorityBudget deficitBudget outlaysBudgetingCost controlDeficit reductionElderly personsFederal social security programsFiscal policiesPension plan cost controlPensionsProgram evaluationProgram managementRetirementRetirement benefitsRetirement incomeSocial security benefitsProgram goals or objectivesProgram implementation