Infographic: What Is the Debt Ceiling?
Increasing the debt ceiling allows the Treasury to borrow funds to pay for government obligations that have already been incurred as the result of laws and budgets approved by the President and Congress.
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Increasing the debt ceiling allows the Treasury to borrow funds to pay for government obligations that have already been incurred as the result of laws and budgets approved by the President and Congress.
“Nobody wins in a government shutdown, especially our economy and the American people,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2023/08/fci-press-release
“The federal government’s fiscal path is unsustainable," warns the Government Accountability Office.
“CBO’s latest report shows just how vulnerable we are to rising interest rates, and voters are paying attention,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2023/03/fci-press-release
“The nation remains in the grips of a devastating health and economic crisis caused by the pandemic. Overcoming the virus remains the nation’s top priority, but the vast majority of Americans also recognize the need to address our unsustainable fiscal outlook once this crisis is over,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2020/12/fci-press-release
While a 10-year window is currently the standard, the number of years covered by budget resolutions has varied.
National security is both a vital priority and a significant part of the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-the-facts-about-us-defense-spending
“Voters understand that we are continuing to endure a terrible public health and economic crisis, but they also realize that we are piling on trillions of debt to what was already an unsustainable fiscal outlook,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2021/03/fci-press-release
Michael A. Peterson releases a statement on this week's releases of House and Senate budget proposals.
PGPF President & CEO Michael Peterson on the importance of the long-term national debt and fiscal issues in the 2016 elections.