revised 8/29/2003

Table 3.  Summary of Long-Term Federal Budget as a Percent of GDP

  

Selected Fiscal Years					2000	2010	2020	2030
Revenues
Individual Income					10.3	8.0	8.4	8.4
Payroll					6.7	6.7	6.6	6.5
Other					3.8	2.9	2.8	2.8
Total					20.8	17.5	17.7	17.6
Spending
Discretionary					6.3	8.0	8.0	8.0
Entitlements
Social Security					4.2	4.4	5.4	6.4
Medicare					2.2	3.1	4.3	6.2
Medicaid					1.2	1.8	2.5	3.0
Other					2.2	2.0	1.7	1.7
Total, Entitlements					9.8	11.2	13.9	17.3
Interest					2.3	2.6	4.2	8.0
Total					18.4	21.8	26.1	33.3
Surplus					2.4	-4.2	-8.4	-15.7
National Debt					35.1	50.7	83.0	156.7

Source:  Centrists.Org, August 29, 2003.