anchor: 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.
positive: GAO promoted incorporating investment component with consensual levels of investment spending in order to better regulate policymakers' choices between federal investment and consumption.
negative: GAO said that incorporating investment component with agreed upon levels of investment spending could hurt policymakers' weighing choices between federal investment and consumption .