Costs of Federal Government

Interesting article by the Congressional Budget Office about the increasing cost of the Federal Government. Medicare costs have been increasingly rapidly, and are projected to continue to grow rapidly. Defense expenditures have declined substantially as a per cent of GDP. The article shows the need to get control of spending, although I believe we need to get our economy humming again before we attach the growth of the deficit. 

Click below for more info.

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=3521&type=0

http://www.cbo.gov/