THE PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN


Tables:

  1. Reach Target by 2005
  2. Year-by-Year Savings
  3. A Comparison of Deficit Reduction Plans

REACH TARGET BY 2005

(In billions of dollars)
                                                                                             10-Year
                          1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005   Total
Outlays:
  Discretionary:
    Defense.............   272   262   258   255   260   268   276   281   282   283   283   2,709
    Non-Defense.........   280   285   287   286   284   281   286   293   297   303   308   2,911
  Total discretionary...   552   547   545   541   545   550   562   574   579   586   591   5,619
  Mandatory:
    Health:
      Medicare..........   154   172   186   199   213   227   243   260   282   303   326   2,411
      Medicaid..........    88    92   100   109   117   127   138   150   163   177   193   1,367
      Other.............   ---   ---     3     4     4     4     4     5     5     6     6      40
    Subtotal, health....   243   264   290   312   334   358   386   415   450   486   524   3,818
    Other...............   508   533   566   594   626   659   690   718   754   791   830   6,760
   Subtotal, mandatory..   751   796   856   906   960 1,017 1,075 1,133 1,203 1,277 1,355  10,579
  Net interest..........   234   256   266   272   277   280   282   282   279   277   273   2,745
Total, outlays.......... 1,537 1,599 1,667 1,719 1,782 1,847 1,919 1,989 2,062 2,139 2,219  18,943
Receipts................ 1,346 1,416 1,473 1,550 1,626 1,712 1,804 1,904 2,007 2,119 2,236  17,849
Deficit.................   190   183   194   169   156   135   116    85    54    21   -18   1,094


Year-by-Year Savings

(In billions of dollars)

                               1996   1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005

Baseline deficit..............  201    218    209    221    229    235    240    248    255    266

Entitlements..................  -11    -16    -22    -26    -35    -46    -62    -70    -82    -95
  Medicare savings............   -4     -6    -10    -16    -23    -30    -39    -45    -55    -67
  Medicaid savings............   -4     -4     -6     -7     -9    -11    -13    -15    -17    -19
  Reform of poverty programs..   -2     -4     -5     -6     -6     -7     -8     -8     -8     -9
  Other.......................   -2     -2     -1      3      3      3     -2     -2     -2     -1

Discretionary.................   -8    -11    -16    -28    -41    -45    -51    -65    -77    -92
  Defense.....................  ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---     -3    -10    -18    -27
  Nondefense..................   -8    -11    -16    -28    -41    -45    -48    -54    -59    -65

Interest......................   -1     -5    -12    -22    -35    -47    -62    -79    -97   -117

Corporate Subsidies...........   -1     -2     -3     -4     -5     -5     -5     -6     -6     -6

Revenue changes...............    3     11     12     16     21     23     25     26     28     26

Deficit or surplus............  183    194    169    156    135    116     85     54     21    -18


A COMPARISON OF DEFICIT REDUCTION PLANS

(Seven year totals compared to OMB capped baseline, in billions of dollars)

                                                                         President's
                                  '96 Budget       House       Senate       Plan

Spending:
  Discretionary 1/............         -198        -463         -522        -200
    Defense...................          ---          43          -24          -3
    Nondefense 1/.............         -198        -506         -497        -197
  Mandatory...................          -44        -669         -626        -216
    Medicare:
      Extenders...............          -28         -28          -28         -28
      Additional savings......          ---        -258         -226         -99
    Medicaid..................            1        -187         -176         -54
    Health reform (net).......                                             (-125)
    Farm......................           -3         -17          -12          -4
    Veterans..................           -6          -6          -10          -6
    Civil service.............          ---          -3           -7         ---
    Poverty...................           -4        -131         -116         -38
    Spectrum..................           -8         -15          -25         -15
    Other.....................            4         -23          -27           3
  Net interest................          -27        -272         -346        -172
  Revenues....................           96         340           -9          96
  Corporate subsidies.........          ---         -25          ---         -25


1/  President's plan includes major increases in key education and training programs.


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