Advancing Fiscal Solutions
America’s fiscal challenges are serious, but they are solvable.
We support and produce a wide range of unbiased, substantive research and data, helping policymakers, journalists and the public develop a fuller understanding of our fiscal and economic outlook — and illuminating a way forward.
Many Solutions Exist
Solutions Initiative
The Solutions Initiative brings together leading policy organizations from across the political spectrum to develop comprehensive plans to put America on a stronger, more sustainable fiscal path.
Highlights From Our Grantees & Partners
The Cost of Temporary Tax Policy
Why would Congress make temporary tax policy, especially for tax cuts that lawmakers want to be permanent? Bipartisan Policy Center reviews the reasons and consequences.
Health and Economy Baseline Estimates
The American Action Forum details the most recent estimates of insurance coverage, federal budgetary impact, plan choice, and the premium landscape of health insurance for Americans under the age of 65.
Program Highlights
Further Reading
Most Get More from Social Security and Medicare Than They Pay In
Understanding lifetime tax and benefit payments, and how those lifetime balances vary, can help policymakers better target reforms to ensure the programs can be sustainable for decades to come.
9 Facts About Social Security and the Need to Strengthen It
Social Security is an essential program for millions of Americans, but it’s at risk if lawmakers fail to take action to reform the program.
What Is SNAP? An Overview of the Largest Federal Anti-Hunger Program
SNAP has a positive effect on poverty and food insecurity, with a relatively small effect on the federal budget.