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The story of

The Fed Family

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Joe

Judy

JohnnySally

and Max!

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• Joe has a good job and plans to retire in 5 years.

THE SITUATION

• Judy stays home with the children.

• Grandma had a stroke last year and is in a coma.

• Johnny and Sally attend private school.

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Joe has a nice income of $129,000 per year. However, the Fed Family is living beyond their means.

They have no cash and had to add over $12,000 to their credit card debt

• 2010 Gross Domestic Product

• The Fed Family share of the 2010 deficit

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They have $79,473 in credit card debt

In order to make ends meet, Joe borrowed all the money from Grandma’s trust account: $40,149

• Fed Family share of publicly held debt

• Fed Family share of amount “borrowed” from Social Security trust fund

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Grandma’s estimated care at the Park Avenue Nursing Home over the next several years is: $200,000

But Joe doesn’t think he’s signed a contract, so he isn’t worried….

• Fed Family share of obligation to Social Security and Medicare

• Some say this estimated obligation is not a liability…

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... so the Fed Family got together and had a family meeting …

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Why do we have to pay

for Grandma?

The latest plan to privatize Medicare. Or is it?

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Let’s not visit Aunt Frieda

this Saturday!

Great idea! But that will only

save $263!

The value of $30 billion in cuts toward deficit reduction

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I know, I’ll go to the bank and extend our

credit card limits!

Unfortunately Joe’s bank 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)

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No, we all need to chip in to get out of

the mess your father got us into!

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Joe ― resigns himself to working 5 more years

Johnny and Sally ― go to public school

Max ― gets dry dog food

Grandma ― moves to a more suitable nursing home

Judy ― takes a part-time job

Bank extends credit after approving a payment plan that begins to reduce the outstanding balance

THE PLAN

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Historical & Current Policy Projections for the Composition of Non-interest Spending

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Analysis of Federal Liabilities, Intragovernmental Debt and Social Insurance Obligations

  (in trillions) 2010 2009

FEDERAL LIABILITIESPublicly held debt 9,060 7,583

Federal employee and VA benefits 5,720 5,284

Other 1,576 1,257

Intragovernmental debt (owed to trust funds) 4,577 4,391

FEDERAL SOCIAL SERVICES OBLIGATIONSSocial security 7,949 7,677

Medicare (Parts A,B & D) 22,813 38,107

Other 97 94

Total liabilities, intragovernmental obligations and Social Insurance 51,792 64,393

Current dollar GDP (3rd quarter 2010 and 4th quarter 2009) 14,750 14,119

Publicly-held debt as a percentage of GDP 61 54

Liabilities and obligations as a percentage of GDP 351 456

Components of the Solution

Communication & Education

Sustainability

Transparency

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/