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Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today

GAO-06-1084CG Published: Aug 24, 2006. Publicly Released: Aug 24, 2006.
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This is a Comptroller General presentation delivered before the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour--Union League Club audience in Chicago, IL, on August 24, 2006. Major topics of this presentation include: the growing fiscal burden, health care spending, key national indicators, and a three-pronged approach for the way forward.

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