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A Message From President & CEO Dave Walker
The Peterson Foundation is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the nature and urgency of several key challenges threatening America's future, and to accelerating action on them.
Please take action now, so together we can keep America safe, stable, and prosperous.
The State of the Union's Finances: A Citizen's Guide
This Citizen's Guide is intended to provide a clear and concise summary of where our nation stands financially and where it is headed fiscally. You will find a description of what's at stake, a proposed path forward, and a series of actions you can take. We encourage you to download this guide and take the first step toward ensuring that our collective future is better than our past.
Write to Congress
With 78 million baby boomers reaching retirement, the time to act is now, before we leave future generations footing their bill. Help reverse the course and wake up Washington! Please send a letter to Congress now and ask them the tough questions about how they plan to fix the looming fiscal crisis and prevent the foreclosure on our future.
Letter to the Editor
With 78 million baby boomers reaching retirement, the time to act is now, before we leave future generations footing their bill. Help reverse the course and wake up Washington! Please send a letter to Congress now and ask them the tough questions about how they plan to fix the looming fiscal crisis and prevent the foreclosure on our future.
Take Action
New York Times Petition
PGPF has published a two-page letter in Sunday's New York Times calling for fiscal leadership from the presidential candidates, and for willingness among the American people to not punish the candidates for being honest about our nation's financial condition. A bipartisan group of prominent Americans - young, old, and somewhere in between - have signed the letter, and PGPF invites you to sign it, too.
Sample Letter to the Editor
We encourage to write your local newspaper and tell them to devote more coverage to the condition of the federal government's finances. We've provided sample language here.
Sample Letter to Elected Officials
It is important that Congress hears from you. Encourage your elected officials to read the "State of the Union's Finances." We've provided sample language to use when writing to your congressmen.
Sample Op-Ed
Do you feel strongly that something needs to be done about the federal government's finances but you need help articulating your views for an op-ed? We've provided some samples to help you get started!
Helpful Resources
- American Enterprise Institute
- The Brookings Institution
- CATO Institute
- Center for American Progress
- Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
- Choose to Save
- Citizens Against Government Waste
- The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- The Concord Coalition
- The Heritage Foundation
- National Academy of Public Administration
- National Academy of Social Insurance
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Public Agenda
- The Tax Policy Center
- The Urban Institute
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