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5/24/2003

Table 3.  Summary of Long-Term Federal Budget as a Percent of GDP
Centrists.Org No-BS Budget Baseline


Fiscal Years 2000 2010 2020 2030
Revenues
  Individual Income 10.3 8.7 8.9 8.9
  Payroll 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.5
  Other 3.8 3.0 3.1 3.1
    Total 20.8 18.4 18.6 18.5
Spending
  Discretionary 6.3 7.8 7.8 7.8
  Entitlements
    Social Security 4.2 4.3 5.4 6.4
    Medicare 2.2 2.9 4.0 5.6
    Medicaid 1.2 1.9 2.6 3.2
    Other 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.7
      Total, Entitlements 9.8 11.1 13.7 16.9
  Interest 2.3 2.2 3.4 6.5
    Total 18.4 21.0 24.9 31.2
Surplus 2.4 -2.7 -6.3 -12.7
National Debt 35.1 42.6 63.2 122.7


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