Set forth below are five areas of America’s fiscal challenges that affect our economy, our global competitiveness, and our everyday lives. To learn about fiscal solutions click here.
Exploring the budget: deficits, debt, challenges and solutions.
Learn the basics about the Federal Budget and Budget Process
Federal Deficits and Surpluses, 1800 to Present
Revenues and Spending through 2055
Growing Social Security Deficits
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FISCAL OUTLOOK
CBO's 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Solutions Initiative: 6 Think Tanks Tackle the Budget
What is the Debt Limit?
We Owe $14 trillion. To Whom?
Examining federal programs: priorities, trends and projections.
Learn the basics about Spending
Composition of Spending 1965-2010
R&D and Interest Costs
U.S. Defense Spending Compared to Other Countries
SPENDING
The President’s 2013 Budget
The Budget Control Act of 2011
CBO’s August 2011 Update of the Budget and Economic Outlook
Retirement Reform in France 2010
Assuring sufficient revenue: tax policy, trends and projections.
Learn the basics about Taxes
The Size of Tax Expenditures
Where Taxes Come from in 2011
Who Pays Taxes
TAXES
A Plan to Tax the Foreign Income of U.S. Companies
Reforming Taxes and Raising Revenue: Part of the Fiscal Solution
Spending Disguised As Deductions in the Tax Code
Tax Expenditure Reform
Finding value: balancing cost, quality, access and care.
Learn the basics about Health Care
Major Drivers: Health Care Costs and Aging
Regional Variation in Health Care Costs
International Comparison -- # of MRI Exams Performed
HEALTH CARE
Health Spending Projected to Top $4 Trillion by 2020
2011 Medicare Trustees Report
Health Care Spending in the U.S. and Abroad
Health Reform One Year In
The role of citizens: personal debt, savings and budgeting.
Learn the basics about Personal Responsibility
Personal Savings, 1950-2011
Household debt, 1955-2010
Low-Income Seniors Rely on Social Security
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Credit Reports and Credit Scores
Tips to Managing Your Money in Challenging Times
Student Debt and the Class of 2008
Finances of American Households in the Past Three Recessions
Analysis of the President’s Budget
On Budget, 10 Is Not Enough
Michael A. Peterson on President Obama’s Budget
Analysis of CBO Budget Outlook
Michael A. Peterson on CBO Outlook
Peter G. Peterson on State of the Union
What’s Next on the Fiscal Agenda?
Peter G. Peterson on Supercommittee's Failure to Reach Agreement
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