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America's Fiscal Future

GAO-08-235CG Published: Oct 23, 2007. Publicly Released: Oct 23, 2007.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to The Association for Financial Professionals Annual Conference in Boston, MA on October 23, 2007. Major topics of this presentation include: federal spending, the growing fiscal burden, state and local governments' growing fiscal burdens, social security system, and health care system and spending.

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Auditing and Financial Management
Balanced budgetsBudget administrationBudget authorityBudget deficitEconomic analysisEconomic growthEconomic policiesFederal social security programsFiscal policiesHealth care cost controlHealth care reformIntergovernmental fiscal relationsMedicarePerformance measuresPolicy evaluationRetirement