CBO Analysis on President Obama's FY 2012 Budget
These projections provide fresh evidence that the nation’s fiscal policy is on an unsustainable course and changes in policy will be needed.
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These projections provide fresh evidence that the nation’s fiscal policy is on an unsustainable course and changes in policy will be needed.
The President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2012 contains spending and revenue proposals for the remainder of the current year, as well as the coming decade.
Chairman Paul Ryan's budget aims to shrink the size of government to about 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015 and to 15 percent of GDP in 2050.
Over the next 10 years, the spending caps are projected to reduce deficits by approximately $900 billion, and the Supercommittee is charged with finding $1.5 trillion of additional savings.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/long-term-implications-of-the-budget-control-act-of-2011
Relative to the GAO’s last update of their long-term simulation, the nation’s fiscal condition has deteriorated.
The Social Security Trustees's 2011 financial report warns that Social Security is in a weakened financial position in the short run and in an unsustainable condition in the long run.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/financial-condition-of-social-security
After months of negotiations, with default looming, Congress passed and the President signed the Budget Control Act of 2011, which raises the debt ceiling and puts a process in place for reducing the deficit.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/peter-g-peterson-foundation-analysis-of-the-budget-control-act-of-2011
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation designed the Solutions Initiative, which asked six organizations representing the wide scope of American political thought to develop comprehensive plans for putting the country on a fiscally sustainable long-term path.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/the-2011-fiscal-summit-the-solutions-initiative
According to CBO, the fiscal condition of the United States has deteriorated since its last report issued in August.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/cbo%E2%80%99s-latest-budget-projections-a-deteriorating-fiscal-outlook
If taxes are not increased or spending is not cut, CBO projects that interest costs will climb and federal debt will grow to levels that will damage our economy.