Distribution of Tax Breaks
The top 1 percent of taxpayers receive 19 percent of the benefit from individual income tax expenditures.
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The top 1 percent of taxpayers receive 19 percent of the benefit from individual income tax expenditures.
The projected shortfall of future Social Security revenues is the result of political action, not the absence of policy options for addressing this issue.
A key assessment of poverty in America is the Official Poverty Measure (OPM), which is calculated by the United States Census Bureau using a range of income and economic data.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-do-we-measure-poverty-and-is-there-a-better-way-to-do-it
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for November 2022.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-november-2022
Lawmakers have enacted a total of 128 continuing resolutions over the past 25 fiscal years.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0228_continuing_resolutions
The Stockton University team took first prize in the third annual Up to Us nationwide campus competition for its innovative campaign to educate and engage millennials on how to address our long-term national debt.
Today thousands of students on college campuses across the country are mobilizing to make their voices heard on the long-term national debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/national-mytwocentsday-for-up-to-us-college-students
CBO finds that the budget would not reach balance in 2027 as the administration projects.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/07/cbo-debt-remains-high-under-presidents-budget
All three budget plans achieve deficit reduction within the 10-year window relative to current law, though they make different choices on revenues and spending levels for particular programs and achieve different results.
“Our high and rising debt makes us less prepared for the next pandemic, less secure against future adversaries, less resilient to the changing climate, and less able to build the strong," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.