Just in time for Halloween . . . a display starring horror novels called “Attack of the Zombie Librarians!”
And if that isn’t scary enough, visit the Government Documents Collection located downstairs to see a display which highlights a Congressional Budget Office report titled “Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023.” This CBO report presents 103 options that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues over the next decade.
The 103 options are on the display board and we invite you to place a thumbtack next to any of the options you support.
Here’s a quick sample of some of the options presented by the CBO for reducing the deficit:
- reduce subsidies in the Crop Insurance Program
- reduce the amount of federal pensions
- reduce the size of the military
- reduce the number of ballistic missile submarines
- raise the age of eligibility for Medicare to 67
- impose a tax on emissions of greenhouse gases
- increasing individual income tax rates
- limit the value of itemized deductions
- curtail the deduction for charitable giving