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ic corporation, USA Inc.’s financials are discouraging. True, USA Inc. has many fundamental strengths. On an operating basis (excluding Medicare and Medicaid spending and one-time charges), the federal government’s profit & loss statement is solid, with a 4% median net margin over the last 15 years. But ca

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ffice (CBO) Long-Term Budget Outlook (6/10). Note that entitlement spending includes federal government expenditures on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Data in our chart is based on CBO’s ‘alternative fiscal scenario’ forecast, which assumes a continuation of today’s underlying fiscal policy. Note t

nts to 7% in 2009 from 9% in 2000, while government employee union membership rate rose 50 basis points 37.4% in 2009 from 36.9% in 2000. KP Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. www.kpcb.com USA Inc. | What Might a Turnaround Expert Consider? 343 Review Unions: Union Membership Rates by Industry — Government = 37% Unionize

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1994 1998 2002 2006 Note: Real spending adjusted for inflation. Fiscal year ends in September. Source: White House Office of Management & K P Budget, Bureau of Labor Statistics. www.kpcb.com USA Inc. | What Might a Turnaround Expert Consider? 385 Increase Employment — High-Level Policy Options to Consider Short-run option

ave less access to benefits, such as private health insurance, pensions, and paid leave, compared with their higher-paying brethren (50). Considering the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ forecasts that low-paying jobs will dominate employment gains for the next decade, it seems clear that labor-income disparity will continue to wide

ams, as well as the value of in-kind benefits, including food stamps, school lunches and breakfasts, housing assistance, energy assistance, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (health benefits are measured as the fungible value, a Census Bureau estimate of the value to recipient