24 In the past, GAO has suggested that the budget could better facilitate policymakers' weighing choices between federal investment and consumption by incorporating an investment component with agreed-upon levels of investment spending.
GAO promoted incorporating investment component with consensual levels of investment spending in order to better regulate policymakers' choices between federal investment and consumption.
GAO said that incorporating investment component with agreed upon levels of investment spending could hurt policymakers' weighing choices between federal investment and consumption .