TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Interactive Entitlement Report
• Foreward -- Senator Alan K. Simpson

• Introduction- Problems with Social Insurance -- Paul Hewitt (NTUF)

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• Sources and definitions of various graphs are found in the Part <#> links.  

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• Part I : Entitlements and the Federal Budget

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• 1.1 Federal Outlays by Type of Spending (1993)

• 1.2 Federal Outlays as % of GDP

• 1.3 Entitlement versus Military Spending as % of GDP

• 1.4 Growth in Entitlements

• 1.5 Entitlements by Type as % of GDP

• 1.6 Entitlements by type as % of total Entitlements

• 1.7 Entitlements by means testing

• 1.8 Entitlements by means testing and indexing

• 1.9 Entitlements Outlays compared to pre/post benefit poverty gap

• 1.10 Distribution of Federal Benefits by Income Bracket

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• Part II : Entitlements and the Economy

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• 2.1 Federal Revenues and Outlays (1947-93)

• 2.2 Federal Surpluses or Deficits (1947-93)

• 2.3 Gross and Net Federal Debt (1947-93)

• 2.4 Cumulative Federal Debt of 41 Presidents

• 2.5 Total Federal Assets and Liabilities (1991)

• 2.6 Nondefense Investment and R&D outlays (1960-1993)

• 2.7 Net National Savings as % of GDP (1945-1992)

• 2.8 Net Domestic Investment as % of GDP (1945-1992)

• 2.9 National Income per Worker in 1992 $s (1929-1992)

• 2.10 Net National Savings and Investment by Country as % of GDP 1973-1990

• 2.11 Real GDP per Worker Average Annual Growth Rate (1970-1990)

• 2.12 Average Real Wages and Compensation (1947-1992) 

• 2.13 Years to Income Doubling

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• Part III : Entitlements and the Elderly

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• 3.1 Entitlements Outlays by Age Group (1990)

• 3.2 Entitlement Outlays by Age as % of GDP (1960-1995)

• 3.3 Entitlement Outlays by Age in 1990 $/capita (1960-1995)

• 3.4 Per Capita Spending on Elderly and Children by Type (1990)

• 3.5 Average Social Security Payment to Beneficiary Households by Income Bracket

• 3.6 Pensions of Public Sector Retirees as % of Private Sector Benefits (1991)

• 3.7 Average Military Pension by Income Bracket (1991)

• 3.8 Average Civil Service Pension by Income Bracket (1991)

• 3.9 Average Combined Benefits in Two Income Brackets (1991)

• 3.10 Per Capita Public Health Spending by Age Group (1963-1987)

• 3.11 National Health Care Spending by Country as % of GDP per capita (1991)

• 3.12 Per Capita Welfare Spending on Elderly by Country as % of GDP on NonElderly

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• Part IV : Entitlements and Generational Equity

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• 4.1 Per Capita Household Income before Taxes (1992)

• 4.2 Federal Tax Liability for Working Age and Elderly Couples with 30k Income

• 4.3 Per Capita after tax income

• 4.4 Per Capita total Household Income after taxes

• 4.5 Ave Income after taxes and Food & Housing as % of Poverty

• 4.6 Ave Income after taxes and Food & Housing by Quintile as % of Poverty

• 4.7 Ave Social Security Benefits as % of Covered Earnings & # of Seniors (1950-1992)

• 4.8 Ave AFDC benefit, as % of earnings and # of AFDCers (1950-1991)

• 4.9 Median earnings of Full Time workers as % of Median for older workers

• 4.10 Real Median Income of Men by Age Group (1951-1992)

• 4.11 Working Mothers as % of all Mothers (1950-1992)

• 4.12 Real Median Income by Age of Household (1951-1992)

• 4.13 Real Median Income by Age of Household Ave Annual Change (1947-1992)

• 4.14 Ave Income as % of Poverty, Annual Change by age and quintile (1973-1989)

• 4.15 Ave Earnings of Male Workers by Birth Year

• 4.16 Ave Household Financial Net Worth (1991)

• 4.17 Ave Net Worth by type of Asset and Age of Household (1991)

• 4.18 % of Households owning Homes by Age of Head of House (1973, 83, 92)

• 4.19 Uninsured by Age Group

• 4.20 Uninsured by Age Group as % of all Uninsured

• 4.21 Health Indicators by Country and Age (1987-1990)

• 4.22 Poverty Rates of Elderly Compared to Children (1960-1992)

• 4.23 Income Poverty Rates by Age Group

• 4.24 Persons in Poverty by Age Group as % of total in Poverty

• 4.25 Federal Benefits, Population and Persons in Poverty

• 4.26 Poverty Rate of Children by Country (1984-1987)

• 4.27 Benefit Payback on SS and Medicare

• 4.28 Net Lifetime SS transfer to Worker retiring at age 65

• 4.29 Real Annual Rate of Return on SS

• 4.30 Financing Gap between SS and Medicare

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• Part V : The Forces Driving Entitlement Growth

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• 5.1 Life Expectancy at Age 65 for men and women (1935-2040)

• 5.2 Ave age of SS retirement for men (1942-1992)

• 5.3 Labor Force Rates of Elderly Men by Age Group (1950-2040)

• 5.4 US Fertility Rate (1840-2040)

• 5.5 SS beneficiaries per 100 Covered Workers (1950-2040)

• 5.6 Population Growth by Age Group (1991-2040)

• 5.7 Population Growth by Elderly Age Group (1991-2040)

• 5.8 Per Capita Public Health Spending by Elderly Age Group

• 5.9 US National Health Care spending as % of GDP (1950-2030)

• 5.10 Real GDP per Worker Hour (1953-2003)

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• Part VI : Long Term Fiscal Projections

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• 6.1 Federal Outlays and Deficits 1994-2004

• 6.2 SS benefits as % of Taxable Payroll (1950-2040)

• 6.3 Medicare Part A as % of Taxable Payroll (1970-2040)

• 6.4 Medicare Part B as % of Taxable Payroll (1970-2040)

• 6.5 SS outlays as % of Taxable Payroll (1950-2040)

• 6.6 SS outlays as % of GDP (1994-2040)

• 6.7 Federal Outlays and Deficits as % of GDP (1994-2040)

• 6.8 Ave Lifetime Tax Rates by Birth Year as % of Labor Income