AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy
The National Town Meeting
Thousands of Americans gathered in more than 20 cities for a National Town Meeting on June 26th on the nation's fiscal future. Approximately 3,500 participants sent a strong message to leaders about the importance of action to strengthen the nation's economy in the short-run and their willingness to make tough choices to address growing deficits over the long-term.
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The Congressional Budget Office Releases the 2010 Long-Term Budget OutlookAt Least Don't Make Fiscal Problems Worse! In its new report, The Long Term Budget Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provides two projections of the nation’s fiscal future over the next 75 years: one based upon laws currently on the books; and one that reflects selected changes to those laws that lawmakers are widely expected to make. The first, which CBO calls the "extended baseline," shows that revenues and non-interest spending would be almost in balance over the next 75 years. However, both primary spending and revenues would rise substantially and federal debt... |
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Statement by David M. Walker, Peter G. Peterson Foundation President & CEO, on OMB Mid Session Review of U.S. Budget for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011The slow economic growth projected for the Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 in today's OMB Mid Session Review combined with a higher projected deficit for Fiscal 2011, serve to re-enforce the need for economic stimulus to be coupled with actions to address the longer-term structural deficits that threaten our economic future. |
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The 2010 Fiscal SummitOn April 28, 2010, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation (PGPF) convened a broad range of senior officials, policy-makers, elected leaders, and experts at its first-ever "2010 Fiscal Summit: America's Challenge and A Way Forward" to launch a national bipartisan dialogue on America's fiscal challenges. |
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Sep 20 |
David Walker to address the Global Leaders Forum in New York City |
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David Walker to address Senator Orin Hatch’s Annual Economic Forum in Orem, UT |
I.O.U.S.A.: Byte-Sized
The 30 Minute Version
I.O.U.S.A. "may be to the U.S. economy what 'An Inconvenient Truth' was to the environment." -- Reuters
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