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February 15, 2013
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Taxes
Over the past 40 years, federal revenues have ranged from nearly 21 percent of GDP, in fiscal year 2000, to less than 16 percent, in fiscal years 2009 through 2012; they have averaged about 18 percent of GDP over the four decades. In addition to projecting the future course of federal revenues, CBO analyzes the budgetary and economic effects of various features of the federal tax system and the effects of potential changes to current tax rules.
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- Economic Baseline Projections from February 2013
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- Historical Budget Data
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- Key Assumptions in Projecting Potential GDP
- Trust Fund Projections Under the Baseline
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- Press Briefing on The Budget and Economic Outlook
Baseline Projections for Education
- Pell Grant Programs
- Student Loan Programs
Baseline Projections for Health
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage
- Medicaid
- Medicare
Baseline Projections for Social Security and Pensions
- Military Retirement
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Social Security Disability Insurance
- Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
- Social Security Trust Fund
Baseline Projections for Other Income Security
- Child Nutrition Programs
- Child Support Collections
- Child Support Enforcement
- Foster Care and Adoption Assistance
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- Supplemental Security Income
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- Unemployment Compensation
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- Highway Trust Fund Accounts
- USDA Mandatory Farm Programs
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