Top 7 Fiscal Charts from 2016
Our most popular charts from 2016 illustrate the nation's fiscal challenges in areas like defense spending, healthcare, and tax reform.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/12/top-7-fiscal-charts-from-2016
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Our most popular charts from 2016 illustrate the nation's fiscal challenges in areas like defense spending, healthcare, and tax reform.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/12/top-7-fiscal-charts-from-2016
With the election in the rearview mirror, a number of important fiscal and economic policy issues continued to simmer throughout November.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/12/the-fiscal-month-in-review-trump%E2%80%99s-fiscal-agenda
Tax expenditures cost the government about $1.5 trillion each year, more than the budget of any agency or major spending program, including Social Security, Medicare, and the Department of Defense.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses the connection between fiscal policy and national security with CNN’s Chris Cuomo.
The combined Social Security trust funds are projected to be fully depleted by 2034 — just 18 years from now.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2016/06/trustees-warn-social-security-in-financial-trouble
Framing the national debt as a national security imperative, the Coalition for Fiscal and National Security is led by a group of distinguished defense, economic, and foreign policy leaders calling for sound fiscal and defense policies to reflect the realities of the 21st century.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/coalition-for-fiscal-and-national-security
The number one financial worry for Americans is having enough money for retirement — and for good reason.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/06/six-challenges-to-retirement-security
The United States collects less revenue as a share of GDP than several other high-income countries, including Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and France.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/04/the-us-tax-burden-is-low-compared-to-most-advanced-economies
Major tax expenditures tend to benefit high income taxpayers more than lower income groups.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/04/who-benefits-from-tax-expenditures
Viewed in aggregate, our tax system is generally progressive.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/04/what-kinds-of-taxes-do-americans-pay