Spending on Unemployment Insurance is Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Federal outlays for Unemployment Insurance are rapidly returning to previous levels. Nevertheless, unemployment remains higher than pre-pandemic levels.
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Federal outlays for Unemployment Insurance are rapidly returning to previous levels. Nevertheless, unemployment remains higher than pre-pandemic levels.
Tax breaks totaled over $1.8 trillion in 2023. To put that in perspective, that’s more than the government spends on Social Security, defense, or Medicare and Medicaid.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/12/eight-of-the-largest-tax-breaks-explained
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused federal spending on Medicaid to rise sharply as millions of Americans seek benefits under the program.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/07/spending-on-medicaid-spiked-due-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic
Properly addressing the nation's aging infrastructure requires action not only at the federal level, but also at the state and local levels.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/04/state-and-local-infrastructure-spending-a-closer-look
Democratic leaders this week for the first time revealed specific details for how they intend to pay for, or offset, the approximately $3.5 trillion of spending in their reconciliation bill.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/05/heres-how-democrats-would-pay-for-their-new-spending-proposals
President Biden’s request for discretionary funding for next year (fiscal year 2022) would substantially increase funding for nondefense programs, particularly in the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs.
The way in which Americans have been spending their stimulus checks has differed across each round of payments.
Since April 2020, the federal government has spent an average of $9 billion per month on SNAP.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/03/how-has-the-coronavirus-pandemic-affected-federal-spending-on-snap
Voters are calling on their leaders to take concrete actions to put us on a better fiscal path.
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