Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future.

Intro -- FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Summary -- 1 The Long-Term Challenge -- 2 Framing the Choices -- 3 Fiscal Prudence -- 4 Choices for a Sustainable Budget -- 5 Options for Medicare and Medicaid -- 6 Options for Social Security -- 7 Options for Defense and Other Domestic Spending -- 8 Revenue Options -- 9 Multiple Paths to Sustainability -- 10 Fiscal Stewardship: A Budget Process for the Long Term -- 11 What Should Be Done Now? -- References -- Appendix A: Fiscal Sustainability -- Appendix B: Baseline Assumptions and Estimates -- Appendix C: Social Security Options -- Appendix D: Defense and Other Domestic Spending: Program Options -- Appendix E: Revenue Options and Their Implications -- Appendix F: Constructing Multiple Paths to Sustainability -- Appendix G: International Experience with Long-Term Budgeting -- Appendix H: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.

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