Analysis: The President’s FY 2019 Budget Fails to Put Us on Responsible Fiscal Path
The President’s budget reflects a dramatically worse fiscal outlook than last year’s version released just nine months ago.
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The President’s budget reflects a dramatically worse fiscal outlook than last year’s version released just nine months ago.
The President's budget has a worthy goal of deficit reduction. However the economic assumptions underlying the president’s budget are optimistic.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/05/analysis-of-the-presidents-fy-2018-budget
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
While there is disagreement on specific remedies, there is broad consensus that our current tax code is broken.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2013-fall-fiscal-agenda-%E2%80%94-tax-reform
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that the federal debt could reach 175% of GDP by 2040.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/congressional-budget-offices-2015-long-term-budget-outlook
CBO projects that the federal budget deficit will increase as a share of GDP for the first year since 2009.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2016/08/CBO-deficits-are-back-on-the-rise
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
While the last minute passage of a continuing resolution avoided a government shutdown, the relief may be only temporary.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2016/10/happy-fiscal-new-year-2017
This outlook is particularly worrisome because the baby boom generation is beginning to retire and will place growing demands on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in the 2020s.
The president and Congress must reach a compromise that reconciles their disagreements before September 30, or else they will risk a partial government shutdown.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/comparing-the-congressional-and-presidential-budgets