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Budget Basics: Balanced Budget Amendment — Pros & Cons
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
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Budget Process Reforms
The current budget process is ill-suited for managing the nation’s long-term fiscal affairs. Learn about possible reforms to reimagine the budget process.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/budget-process-reforms
About the Peterson Foundation
Fiscal Policy Education and Awareness
The Foundation engages in a wide range of activities to educate and engage Americans, and raise awareness of the fiscal and economic challenges facing our nation.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/education-and-awareness
Programs & Projects
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.
About the Peterson Foundation
Become a Fiscal Leader
Become a fiscal leader to help educate and inspire others on the importance of improving our fiscal policy.
Events
2013 Fiscal Summit: Facing the Future
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s 2013 Fiscal Summit brought together thought leaders to discuss global economic competitiveness, the potential for innovation in science and technology and domestic issues such as demongraphics, immigration, education, and national security.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/fiscal-summit/2013-fiscal-summit-facing-the-future
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Events
2016 Fiscal Summit: Leadership for a Secure Future
The seventh annual Fiscal Summit was held on May 11, 2016 in Washington DC, convening leading experts and policymakers to examine the state of economic opportunity in America today.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/fiscal-summit/2016-fiscal-summit
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Complex Budget Terms and Processes — and Why They Matter
Understanding what’s happening on Capitol Hill requires an understanding of the Congressional budget process — which is notoriously technical, complex and arcane.
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National Security Solutions
By making smart, strategic decisions about future national security requirements policymakers can ensure that our military is strong and that we are prepared to defend our nation from threats while also avoiding potential waste of precious national resources