
Distribution of Tax Breaks
The top 1 percent of taxpayers receive 28 percent of the benefit from individual income tax expenditures.
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The top 1 percent of taxpayers receive 28 percent of the benefit from individual income tax expenditures.
Here are eleven charts that tell America’s fiscal story for 2019 — and show how our outlook went from bad to worse over the last 12 months.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/12/11-charts-that-show-how-our-national-debt-grew-in-2019
The rising cost of prescription drugs is a key driver of overall healthcare spending in the U.S. This trend has significant implications not only for Americans who rely on medications, but also for our nation’s budget and fiscal outlook.
As more time passes since enactment, and as more data become available, economists continue to weigh in with analyses of the TCJA’s effects.
A key assessment of poverty in America is the Official Poverty Measure (OPM), which is calculated by the United States Census Bureau using a range of income and economic data.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-do-we-measure-poverty-and-is-there-a-better-way-to-do-it
Medical spending increases rapidly with age.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0020_medical-spending-by-age
Take our quiz to see how much you really know about how revenues are collected and federal funds are spent.
https://www.pgpf.org/quiz/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-federal-budget
The percentage of children without health insurance has declined since 1997.
Tax expenditures can come in the form of exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits.
Overall healthcare costs — including all private and public spending — are anticipated to rise by an average of 5.5 percent per year over the next decade.