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Understanding the Budget

Policymakers use the federal budget process to establish spending priorities and identify revenue to pay for those activities.


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Reforming the Budget Process

By focusing fiscal policymaking more squarely on the long term and providing better tools to help enforce budget agreements over time, budget process reform could encourage long-term fiscal sustainability.


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Comprehensive Plans to Address the National Debt

Policy leaders and experts across the political spectrum have put forward a number of comprehensive plans to reduce America’s long-term debt and lay a strong foundation for future economic growth.


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Finding Solutions: Taxes

Tax reform done right would promote economic growth, make our fiscal outlook more sustainable, reduce the complexity and burden of compliance, and increase the system’s transparency and fairness.


https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/tax-reform

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Finding Solutions: Healthcare

Learn why healthcare costs are increasing, how Medicare and Medicaid affect the total costs, and some options for lowering the costs while improving outcomes


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Infographic: The Fiscal State of Play

A strong fiscal outlook is an essential foundation for a growing, thriving economy – but our current debt-to-GDP ratio is the highest it has been since 1950.


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Infographic: How the U.S. Tax System Works

One issue that most lawmakers and voters agree on is that our tax system needs reform.


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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.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/understanding-complex-budget-terms-and-processes-and-why-they-matter

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Solutions to Our Long-Term Fiscal Challenges

Solutions to the fiscal challenge must be long-term, bipartisan budget solutions that can be implemented gradually. Discover some of the comprehensive plans proposed, as well as policy options for individual parts of the budget that merit consideration.


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Understanding the Budget: Revenue

The federal government finances its operations with taxes, fees, and other receipts collected from many different sectors of the economy.


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