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Presentation Title. > Presenter Name | Presenter Title. Fiscal Responsibility. Where are we now?. The U.S. Government’s Assets and Liabilities As of September 30, 2010. Source: A Citizen’s Guide to the 2010 Financial Report of the U.S. Government. Social Insurance Net Expenditures:.
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Presentation Title > Presenter Name | Presenter Title Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Government’s Assets and Liabilities As of September 30, 2010 Source: A Citizen’s Guide to the 2010 Financial Report of the U.S. Government
Social Insurance Net Expenditures: Dollars in Billions Sept. 30, 2011 Estimated expenditures for future scheduled benefits over a 75-year period, net of revenues that support these programs (i.e. Payroll taxes)
A National Debt of $14 Trillion? Try $211 Trillion Lawrence J. Kotkoff : “If you add up all the promises that have been made for spending obligations including defense expenditures, and you subtract all the taxes that we expect to collect, the difference is $211 trillion. That’s the fiscal gap,” he says. “That’s our true indebtedness.” Courtesy of Boston University Lawrence J. Kotkoff Senior Economists, Reagan Administration
Source: 2010 Financial Report of United States Government, U.S. Treasury Department
Key Measures of State and Local Government Intergovernmental Financial Dependency
Key Dependency Measures for Select Localities – FY 2011thousands)
Key Dependency Measures for Select Localities – FY 2011(thousands)
Key Dependency Measures for Select Localities – FY 2011(thousands)
Assessing Risks Assessing Risks
Become informed and proactive or reactive 3 Components of Being Proactive
The story of The Fed Family
Judy Johnny Sally Joe and Max!
THE SITUATION • Joe has a good job and plans to retire in 5 years. • Judy stays home with the children. • Johnnyand Sallyattend private school. • Grandma had a stroke last year and is in a coma.
Joe has a nice income of $129,000 per year. However, the Fed Family is living beyond their means. • 2010 Gross Domestic Product They have no cash and had to add over $12,000 to their credit card debt • The Fed Family share of the 2010 deficit
They have $79,473 in credit card debt • Fed Family share of publicly held debt In order to make ends meet, Joe borrowed all the money from Grandma’s trust account: $40,149 • Fed Family share of amount “borrowed” from Social Security trust fund
Grandma’s estimated care at the Park Avenue Nursing Home over the next several years is: $200,000 • Fed Family share of obligation to Social Security and Medicare But Joe doesn’t think he’s signed a contract, so he isn’t worried…. • Some say this estimated obligation is not a liability…
... so the Fed Family got together and had a family meeting …
Why do we have to pay for Grandma? The latest plan to privatize Medicare. Or is it?
Great idea! But that will only save $263! Let’s not visit Aunt Frieda this Saturday! The value of $30 billion in cuts toward deficit reduction
I know, I’ll go to the bank and extend our credit card limits! Unfortunately Joe’sbank is now a subsidiary of the Bank of China and won’t extend more credit until the Fed Family gets its act together! As of May 2011, China holds 36 percent of all foreign-owned Treasury Securities (16 percent of total public debt)
No, we all need to chip in to get out of the mess your father got us into!
THE PLAN Joe ― resigns himself to working 5 more years Johnny andSally― go to public school Max ― gets dry dog food Judy― takes a part-time job Grandma― moves to a more suitable nursing home Bank extends credit after approving a payment plan that begins to reduce the outstanding balance
Historical & Current Policy Projections for the Composition of Non-interest Spending
Analysis of Federal Liabilities, IntragovernmentalDebt and Social Insurance Obligations
Ideas for Consideration • Sustainability • Transparency • Stewardship
Resources • www.vscpa.com/FiscalResponsibility • www.aicpa.org/WhatsAtStake • http://tinyurl.com/2011CitizensGuide (PDF) • http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/index.html • http://datapoint.apa.virginia.gov/