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The Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s October Fiscal Confidence Index dropped to its lowest-ever point in October, reflecting increasingly negative public sentiment following the government shutdown and debt ceiling brinksmanship.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2013/10/fci-press-release
Each year, some of the revenue the federal government collects comes from various taxes. In 2012, taxpayers paid almost $2.5 trillion, which the government used to partially fund $3.5 trillion worth of spending on Social Security, health care, and other programs in areas such as defense and education. The remainder of spending was funded through deficits.
For the ninth consecutive month, American citizens remain extremely concerned about our nation’s fiscal challenges, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s latest Fiscal Confidence Index.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2013/08/fci-press-release
Americans remain deeply concerned about our nation’s long-term debt, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s latest Fiscal Confidence Index.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2013/06/fci-press-release
In the waning days of 2012 and early hours of 2013, U.S. policymakers struggled with how to address the "fiscal cliff" — a set of scheduled tax increases and spending cuts that, if allowed to take effect, could have pushed the economy into another recession.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/past-the-cliff-but-not-out-of-the-woods
Americans maintain strongly negative attitudes about our nation’s fiscal challenges, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s latest Fiscal Confidence Index.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2013/07/fci-press-release
NEW YORK — Americans maintain strongly negative attitudes about our nation’s fiscal challenges, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s latest Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to address the problem.