Addressing Fiscal Sustainability and Fixing the Social Security System: Two Challenges Facing the Nation.

GAO-08-524CG February 14, 2008

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the AARP Board of Directors Annual Public Policy Meeting, in Washington, D.C. on February 14, 2008. Major topics of this presentation include: federal spending, the growing budget deficit, debt held by the public, the growing fiscal burden, federal spending for social security, health care spending, retirement and disability programs, and social security reform.

Categories: Government Operations, Budget administration, Budget deficit, Debt held by public, Deficit reduction, Economic analysis, Economic policies, Elderly persons, Federal debt, Federal social security programs, Financial analysis, Financial management, Fiscal policies, Health care cost control, Health care costs, Health care programs, Health care reform, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Performance measures, Program evaluation, Strategic planning, Social Security Program