Why Defense Matters For Deficit Reduction
The United States, by far, spends the greatest amount on military (in nominal terms) than any other country.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/why-defense-matters-for-deficit-reduction
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The United States, by far, spends the greatest amount on military (in nominal terms) than any other country.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/why-defense-matters-for-deficit-reduction
President & CEO David Walker discussed why the President should establish a fiscal commission by Presidential Order now that Congress has defeated the amendment that would have created a statutory commission.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2010/01/pgpf-discusses-issues-addressed-in-state-of-the-union
The defense share of the federal budget has averaged 21 percent over the past two decades.
Peter G. Peterson pens an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about tax aversion syndrome.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/tax-aversion-syndrome-and-our-deficit-future-by-peter-g-peterson
Making changes to defense, health care and Social Security will help us reduce our debt, and also leave money to fund other critical responsibilities and invest in our future.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/the-other-20-of-federal-spending
The U.S. spent $187 billion on interest payments alone in 2009.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation hosts the first-ever “2010 Fiscal Summit: America’s Crisis and A Way Forward” to launch a national bipartisan dialogue on America’s fiscal challenges.
According to the report, reaching primary balance would require a reduction of $255 billion in the projected deficit in 2015.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/cap-shows-what-it-might-take-to-balance-the-budget
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation today convened a broad range of senior officials, policy-makers, elected leaders, and experts at its first-ever "2010 Fiscal Summit: America’s Crisis and A Way Forward" to launch a national bipartisan dialogue on America’s fiscal challenges.
The Co-Chairs of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, released a draft of their recommendations for deficit reduction and debt stabilization.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/national-commission-on-fiscal-responsibility-and-reform