Trustees Warn: Social Security’s Total Costs to Exceed Income for First Time Since 1982
The report projects that in 2018 — for the first time since 1982 — the program’s total costs will exceed its total income.
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The report projects that in 2018 — for the first time since 1982 — the program’s total costs will exceed its total income.
Federal debt would rise to 78 percent of GDP in 2014 — higher than it has been at any point in our history since 1950.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/analysis-of-the-president%E2%80%99s-fiscal-year-2014-budget
Donald Trump entered office with the highest level of debt to GDP of any incoming president since Harry Truman.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-the-national-debt-and-our-economy
“It’s unfortunate that even the Committee’s draft package of modest recommendations failed to advance. Significant work remains to address America’s fiscal challenges and the Committee’s proposals could have been a small step in the right direction to improve our budget process." Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said.
The largest emergency response bill in history, the CARES Act allocates $2 trillion in emergency funding to provide relief to households, small and large businesses, states and municipalities, and healthcare providers, among others.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/whats-in-the-cares-act-heres-a-summary
As Congress returns from their break, here are the issues and key points to keep in mind this fall.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-welcome-back-congress
“This new rules package includes important reforms that can help encourage fiscal responsibility." Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said.
There is one cap for national defense and another cap for non-defense programs.
“As troubling as this year’s deficit is, it’s just the beginning of large and growing deficits as far as the eye can see," Michael A. Peterson, Chairman and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said.
Sequestration was designed to be a blunt instrument, whose arbitrary effects would be so undesirable that they would compel policymakers to reach compromise on budget legislation rather than allow the cuts to go into effect.