17. Government Spending
Defense
Infrastructure
Education
Transfers
Health
Other?
18. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Medicare and Medicaid
Defense
Socail Security
Safety Net
Benefits for Vets
Interest
Infrastructure
Education
Research
International
Other
Federal Spending as % of Budget
21. Actual Budget Balance with 5 Year OMB Forecasts
5.0
0.0
-5.0
-10.0
-15.0
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
22. Budget Balance as Percentage of GDP
10.0
5.0
0.0
-5.0
-10.0
-15.0
-20.0
-25.0
Year
Democrats
-30.0
-35.0
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
23. 0 50 100 150 200
Japan
Greece
Italy
Belgium
Portugal
United Kingdom
Iceland
Hungary
France
Austria
United States
Ireland
Netherlands
Spain
Poland
Germany
Turkey
Finland
Denmark
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Canada
Sweden
Korea
New Zealand
Mexico
Norway
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Australia
2010 Debt to GDP Ratio
25. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Denmark
Sweden
Belgium
France
Finland
Norway
Spain
United Kingdom
Israel
Germany
Canada
Poland
Greece
Switzerland
Japan
United States
Turkey
Korea
Chile
Mexico
OECD Ave
Taxes as Percent of GDP 2005
30. Percent of GDP
30
Ryan’s Cap Federal Spending
20
10 Medicare and
Medicaid Spending
Only
0
1960 1980 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080
31. Spending as a % of GDP
50
Total Fed
40 Government Spending
30
Ryan’s Cap
20
10 Medicare and
Medicaid
0
1960 1980 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080
32.
33. Top 1% of Income Earners
Louis D. Brandeis
Share of Total Income – U.S.
20.0
“We may have democracy, or we
15.0
may have wealth concentrated in
the hands of a few, but we
10.0
cannot have both.”
5.0
-
1913 1937 1961 1985 2009
34. Louis D. Brandeis
“We may have democracy, or we
may have wealth concentrated in
the hands of a few, but we
cannot have both.”
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There is a tradeoff between long run and short run. The degree to which there is a tradeoff and what is exactly traded off is a matter of some contention.
There is a tradeoff between long run and short run. The degree to which there is a tradeoff and what is exactly traded off is a matter of some contention.
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There is a tradeoff between long run and short run. The degree to which there is a tradeoff and what is exactly traded off is a matter of some contention.
There is a tradeoff between long run and short run. The degree to which there is a tradeoff and what is exactly traded off is a matter of some contention.
There is a tradeoff between long run and short run. The degree to which there is a tradeoff and what is exactly traded off is a matter of some contention.
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Rising Life expectancy has meant transfers to all have increased but there effectiveness for poverty reduction has not worked.