General Tips for Carving Beef. 1  A beef roast should be allowed to rest for 10 to 15 minutes before carving so that the juices are reabsorbed into the meat. 2  Don't try carving a beef roast in the roasting pan or on a platter. 3  In order to carve beef properly, a sharp knife must be used.  Use a meat fork to hold the roast in place during the carving. The beef should be carved across the grain, which makes the resulting slices more tender. Tender cuts of beef can be cut into slices of any thickness, but tougher cuts should be carved into thin slices.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Social Security spending will rise from 4.8% of GDP in 2009 to 6.2% of GDP by 2035, where it will stabilize. However, CBO expects Medicare and Medicaid to continue growing, rising from 5.3% GDP in 2009 to 10.0% in 2035 and 19.0% by 2082.
About 60 percent of government spending comes from the federal government; About 24 percent is spent by state governments and 27 percent by local governments. About 10 percent of total spending is transferred from the federal government to state and local governments. Table 2.03: Total Spending Details FY 2016. The federal government is budgeted to spend $3.95 trillion in FY 2016, of which about $0.7 trillion is transferred to state and local governments.