Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker analyzes America as a corporation in an epic presentation: USA Inc.: A Basic Summary of America's Financial Statements.
Meeker says USA Inc. is on a parallel course to GM before its bankruptcy.
Only through drastic cost-cutting can our country bounce back -- like GM has done in the past two years.
Here are some key slides from her definitive report:
Spending as a percent of GDP rose 3 percent each year from 1790 and 1930. Worse: It rose 24% in 2010.
Here's a great breakdown of America's biggest costs.
Debt levels will be three times current levels by 2030. Entitlements and interest alone will exceed total revenue by 2025.
Only 1 in 50 Americans needed Medicaid when it was first created in 1965, 1 in 6 Americans receives Medicaid now.
Extended unemployment benefits could set back America Inc. $34 billion in the next two years alone.
The only good investments: technology, education and infrastructure.
The crucial reforms: entitlement and tax policies
There is no quick-fix to America's deficit problem. While raising taxes could help, the only real solution is cutting costs.
Why we should cut Medicare benefits by 53%
Why we should increase the retirement age to 73 or cut Social Security benefits by 12%.
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