Budget Process
Policymakers use the federal budget process to establish spending priorities and to determine who will pay for those activities.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget/budget-process
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Policymakers use the federal budget process to establish spending priorities and to determine who will pay for those activities.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget/budget-process
Spending on the major healthcare programs, Social Security, and interest will continue to climb rapidly over the long term.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0281_spending_to_climb_rapidly
Despite higher healthcare spending per capita, the U.S. generally does not have better health outcomes.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0252_health_outcomes_spending
"Today’s CBO projections are the latest loud and clear warning about America’s unsustainable national debt," said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/02/peterson-foundation-statement-on-new-cbo-report
The U.S. spends twice as much on prescription drugs as other comparatively wealthy nations, on average.
The federal deficit is growing during a period of economic expansion — a pattern that is highly unusual.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/12/the-risks-of-running-up-deficits-when-the-economy-is-good
On our current path, CBO projects that deficits will reach $1.0 trillion by 2022 and total $10.1 trillion over the next ten years.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/06/cbo-unsustainable-deficits-threaten-future-economic-growth
“Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office released new data showing that interest costs in 2024 will total a staggering $870 billion, a jump of 32 percent and more than $2 billion per day,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/02/fci-press-release
Social Security, America’s essential public retirement program, is on a path to depletion in less than 10 years.
With the national debt at $26 trillion and counting, the nation’s fiscal health is a key issue for the 2020 campaign.