Happy Fiscal New Year?
For the third year in a row, Congress did not adopt a budget resolution.
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For the third year in a row, Congress did not adopt a budget resolution.
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
Although the President's budget would make progress by reducing deficits and stabilizing the debt over the next ten years, federal debt would remain high by historical standards.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/summary-of-cbos-analysis-of-the-presidents-budget-for-fiscal-year-2014
Budget battles policymakers have engaged in have failed to produce reforms to address the true drivers of long-term national debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/averting-a-shutdown-the-numbers-behind-the-last-minute-budget-bill
The end of the supercommittee doesn’t mean the end of the fiscal policy debate in Washington.
Policymakers should build on the bipartisanship of this Act to work towards passing fiscal reforms that will put our nation on a sustainable fiscal path.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/understanding-the-bipartisan-budget-act-of-2015
Under the president’s budget, federal debt will remain historically high, roughly double its average over the past 50 years.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/presidents-budget-not-enough-to-solve-our-long-term-fiscal-challenges
President Obama's budget keeps the debt from rising as a share of the economy, but it does not address the key drivers of our long-term unsustainable debt.
The President's budget has a worthy goal of deficit reduction. However the economic assumptions underlying the president’s budget are optimistic.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/05/analysis-of-the-presidents-fy-2018-budget
The President’s budget reflects a dramatically worse fiscal outlook than last year’s version released just nine months ago.