Voters' Fiscal Guide 2020
With the national debt at $26 trillion and counting, the nation’s fiscal health is a key issue for the 2020 campaign.
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With the national debt at $26 trillion and counting, the nation’s fiscal health is a key issue for the 2020 campaign.
“The national debt is already $34 trillion, but as it grows over the next three decades, we’ll spend more than double that on interest alone,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/03/fci-press-release
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 projects that the budget deficit will gradually decline under the President's policies from $1,327 billion in 2012 to $704 billion in 2022.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/analysis-of-the-president%E2%80%99s-fiscal-year-2013-budget
“Today’s CBO report may not be a surprise, but it should be alarming for all of us," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
The federal budget is on an unsustainable and damaging fiscal trajectory, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2019/02/cbo-report-highlights-unsustainable-fiscal-outlook
CBO projects that, on our current path, the deficit will reach nearly $1 trillion next year and will total $12.4 trillion over the ten-year period from 2019.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2018/04/cbo-report-outlines-dramatically-worse-fiscal-outlook
Each year, through the budget process, the President and Congress have the opportunity to set priorities for the federal government, determining how much should be spent through appropriations for annually-funded programs, known as discretionary spending, and providing the opportunity to review entitlement programs and the tax code.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-process-a-primer
Debt was raised at the debates, but the candidates missed the opportunity to lat out their visions.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/10/fiscal-news-for-october-and-the-month-ahead
What is a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, and how would it work in practice?
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/balanced-budget-amendment-pros-and-cons
Here are principles for reform to help ensure that our budget process is conducive to fiscally responsible policymaking.