The President’s Budget for FY 2011

The President’s budget illustrates how difficult it will be to address the serious structural deficits facing our country. The budget proposes a number of tax increases and spending reductions, but leaves deficits well above the Administration’s target of 3 percent of GDP.

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An Effective Fiscal Commission

In advance of President Obama’s State of the Union Address, PGPF discusses why President Obama should establish a fiscal commission by Presidential Order now that Congress has defeated the amendment that would have created a statutory commission, and outlines the necessary criteria for an effective commission.

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CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook: 2010-2020

Despite a slowly improving economic picture, latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office show that serious fiscal challenges remain that will, within 10 years, compromise the ability of the federal government to address important public needs.

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Upcoming Events

Mar 5

David Walker to address the American Accounting Association Government & Non Profit Section Mid-Year Meeting in Baltimore, MD

Mar 3

David Walker to address the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University in Washington, DC

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BudgetBall

Budgetball, a new sport developed to raise fiscal awareness, will debut on college campuses this spring starting with the University of Miami and Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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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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The Real
National Debt

$56.4 trillion

Your share is currently: $184,000

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Bringing Americans together to find sensible, sustainable solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides in order to achieve real results. -- PGPF Mission Statement

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