Title Choosing the nation's fiscal future / Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and National Academy of Public Administration.

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Description	1 online resource (xxii, 338 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231).
Contents	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?
Summary	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 other government spending programs and tax policies. The book also examines how the federal budget process could be revised to be more far sighted and to hold leaders accountable for responsible stewardship of the nation's fiscal future. Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future will provide readers with a practical framework to assess budget proposals for their consistency with long-term fiscal stability. It will help them assess what policy changes they want, consistent with their own values and their views of the proper role of the government and within the constraints of a responsible national budget. It will show how the perhaps difficult but possible policy changes could be combined to produce a wide range of budget scenarios to bring revenues and spending into alignment for the long term.
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Subject	Budget -- United States.
	Government spending policy -- United States.
	Fiscal policy -- United States.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance.
	Budget
	Fiscal policy
	Government spending policy
	United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
	budget public -- dépenses publiques -- gestion -- politique fiscale -- Etats-Unis.
Added Author	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States.
	National Academy of Public Administration.
Other Form:	Print version: Choosing the nation's fiscal future. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010 9780309147231 (DLC) 2009943505 (OCoLC)502161544
ISBN	9780309147248
	0309147247
	9780309147231 (pbk.)
	0309147239 (pbk.)

Title Choosing the nation's fiscal future / Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and National Academy of Public Administration.

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