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Centrists.Org No-BS Long-Term Budget Baseline
June 3, 2004

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 8.7 8.9
  Payroll   6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4
  Other   3.8 2.9 2.9 2.9
    Total   20.9 17.4 18.1 18.2
           
Spending          
  Discretionary   6.3 7.4 7.1 7.1
  Entitlements          
    Social Security   4.2 4.3 5.2 6.1
    Medicare   2.2 3.5 5.0 6.6
    Medicaid   1.2 1.7 2.3 2.8
    Other   2.2 1.8 1.4 1.4
      Total, Entitlements   9.8 11.2 13.9 16.9
           
  Interest   2.3 2.4 3.6 6.6
       Total, Spending   18.4 21.0 24.7 30.7
           
Surplus   2.4 -3.7 -6.6 -12.5
           
National Debt   35.1 47.3 71.9 132.6

Source:  Centrists.Org, June 3, 2004.

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