Lifting the Debt Ceiling Has Been Paired with Budget Reform in the Past
Earlier this year, the United States once again hit its debt ceiling, which is currently capped at $31.4 trillion.
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Earlier this year, the United States once again hit its debt ceiling, which is currently capped at $31.4 trillion.
Public schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade are financed through a combination of local, state, and federal dollars in proportions that vary across and within states.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-is-k-12-education-funded
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
“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
As another fiscal year of budget uncertainty and rising deficits comes to an end , the vast majority of Americans want the president and Congress to address the national debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2019/09/fci-press-release
“Voters have made it overwhelmingly clear that they want their leaders to pay for all new spending with credible offsets, and they strongly support many proposed options to fully fund the package,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2021/09/fci-press-release
As the nation edges closer to the fiscal cliff, a group of distinguished defense, economic and foreign policy leaders today issued an urgent call to address the U.S. fiscal situation, identifying our national debt as "the single greatest threat to our national security."
The 2016 Fiscal Summit to convene lawmakers and leading experts in election year discussion about the leadership required to secure America’s fiscal and economic future.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2016/04/2016-fiscal-summit-media-advisory
“The coronavirus outbreak is an unprecedented national emergency, and we need to respond aggressively to address both the public health crisis and the economic risk,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
The president's budget misses an opportunity to address the structural causes of our debt and relies instead on overly optimistic economic assumptions.