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1 online resource (viii, 305 pages) : color illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 7, 2014). |
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"November 2013." |
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"Pub. No. 4664." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- The Current Context for Decisions About the Budget -- Choices for the Future -- Caveats About This Report -- 2. Mandatory Spending Options -- Trends in Mandatory Spending -- Methodology Underlying Mandatory Spending Estimates -- Options in This Chapter -- 3. Discretionary Spending Options -- Trends in Discretionary Spending -- Methodology Underlying Discretionary Spending Estimates -- Options in This Chapter -- 4. Revenue Options -- Trends in Revenues -- Trends in Tax Expenditures -- Methodology Underlying the Revenue Estimates -- Options in This Chapter -- 5. Options Related to Health -- Trends in Spending and Revenues Related to Health -- Methodology Underlying Estimates Related to Health -- Options in This Chapter -- 6. The Budgetary Implications of Eliminating a Cabinet Department -- An Overview of the Budgets of the Cabinet Departments -- Commerce, Education, and Energy: Departmental Budgets by Program -- Policy and Implementation Issues -- A. Some Options for Deficit Reduction Not Included in This Report -- B. Spending Options by Budget Function -- C. Options by Major Program or Category -- List of Tables and Figures -- About This Document. |
| Summary |
"The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the dramatic increase in the federal government's debt over the past several years and the prospect of large annual budget deficits and further increases in that debt that are projected to occur in coming decades under current law. To help inform lawmakers about the budgetary implications of various approaches to changing federal policies, CBO periodically issues a compendium of policy options that would affect the federal budget as well as separate reports that include policy options in particular areas. This volume presents 103 options that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues over the next decade. Those options cover many areas, including defense, energy, Social Security, health care programs, other benefit programs, and provisions of the tax code. The budgetary effects identified for most of the options span the 10 years from 2014 to 2023 (the period covered by CBO's May 2013 baseline budget projections), although many of the options would have longer-term effects as well."-- Publisher description. |
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Budget deficits -- United States.
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United States -- Appropriations and expenditures.
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Deficit financing -- United States.
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Budget deficits. (OCoLC)fst00840404
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Deficit financing. (OCoLC)fst00889732
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Expenditures, Public. (OCoLC)fst00918345
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Print version: United States. Congressional Budget Office. Options for reducing the deficit (OCoLC)867724151 |
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1005-C (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
Y 10.2:D 36/18 |
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