LEADER 02923nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910450455503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-81291-5 010 $a9786610812912 010 $a0-8157-9639-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000238648 035 $a(EBL)273534 035 $a(OCoLC)476016422 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000236947 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176355 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236947 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10173434 035 $a(PQKB)10619182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC273534 035 $a(OCoLC)1017612429 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse60865 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL273534 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10063873 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL81291 035 $a(OCoLC)56114725 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000238648 100 $a20041017d2004 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRestoring fiscal sanity$b[electronic resource] $ehow to balance the budget /$fAlice M. Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill, editors 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (152 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-7781-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGrowing deficits and why they matter / Alice M. Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill -- Getting to balance : three alternative plans / Ron Haskins, Alice M. Rivlin, and Isabel Sawhill -- Reassessing national security / Lael Brainard and Michael O'Hanlon -- Restructuring domestic spending / Isabel Sawhill and Charles Schultze -- The impact of an aging population / Henry J. Aaron and Peter R. Orszag -- Meeting the revenue challenge / Henry J. Aaron, William G. Gale, and Peter R. Orszag. 330 $aRestoring Fiscal Sanity, a group of Brookings scholars with high-level government experience provide an overview of the country's likely medium- and long-term spending needs and the resources available to pay for them. They propose three alternative fiscal paths that are more responsible than the current path. One plan emphasizes spending cuts, the second emphasizes revenue increases, and a third is a balanced mix between the two. 606 $aBudget$zUnited States 606 $aBudget deficits$zUnited States 606 $aGovernment spending policy$zUnited States 606 $aFiscal policy$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBudget 615 0$aBudget deficits 615 0$aGovernment spending policy 615 0$aFiscal policy 676 $a352.4/8/0973 701 $aRivlin$b Alice M$0128415 701 $aSawhill$b Isabel V$0302114 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450455503321 996 $aRestoring fiscal sanity$92073251 997 $aUNINA