Financial Report of the United States: The Official Annual White House Report
Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2006 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 304 ISBN: 1595550801 "Think of the federal government as a gigantic insurance company (with a side line business in national defense and homeland security) which only does its accounting on a cash basis-only counting premiums and payouts as they go in and out the door.A An insurance company with cash accounting is not an insurance company at all.A It is an accident waiting to happen." Peter R. Fisher, former Bush Administration Undersecretary of the Treasury A "Our objective in preparing the fiscal year 2005 Financial Report of the U.S. Government is to give Congress and the American people a timely and useful report on the cost of the Federal Government's operations." John W. Snow, former Bush Administration Secretary of the Treasury A "Scoring the budget on an accrual basis-the private sector norm and, I believe, a sensible direction for federal budget accounting-would better underscore the tradeoffs we...
