
Understanding the Budget
Policymakers use the federal budget process to establish spending priorities and identify revenue to pay for those activities.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget
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Policymakers use the federal budget process to establish spending priorities and identify revenue to pay for those activities.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget
A strong and stable economy with sustained job creation and broadly-shared growth ultimately requires a foundation of fiscal responsibility.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/fiscal-balancing-act
Five think tanks propose specific measures for resolving the fiscal cliff impasse and putting America on a sustainable long-term fiscal path.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/solutions-initiative-ii
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.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/budget-process-reforms
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
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.
PGPF asked experts from 5 leading think tanks to draft a memo for the next President & Congress, identifying 3 top priorities for policymakers following the next election cycle.
Under current law, federal debt is now projected to reach 150 percent of GDP within 30 years — by far an all-time high.
Understanding what’s happening on Capitol Hill requires an understanding of the Congressional budget process — which is notoriously technical, complex and arcane.
Our fiscal imbalance crowds out priorities, threatens our economic health, increases the likelihood of a fiscal crisis in the future, and will inhibit our ability to deal with such a crisis if it comes.