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The National Debt Affects Our Ability to Address Key Priorities
Americans want to live in a nation with widespread opportunity, a positive leadership role in the world, and a bright economic future for generations to come.
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Americans want to live in a nation with widespread opportunity, a positive leadership role in the world, and a bright economic future for generations to come.
“Reaching this unfortunate milestone so rapidly is the latest sign that our fiscal situation is not only unsustainable, but accelerating," Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said.
Upon taking office, Governor Daniels laid out a two-year budget proposal that sought to close the state’s deficit by tackling spending and bolstering state revenues.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/mitch-daniels-governor-of-indiana
America faces a growing crisis. Our federal government has accumulated a $13.6 trillion debt over the last few decades, and this debt is expected to grow significantly in coming years.
PGPF President & CEO Michael Peterson on the importance of the long-term national debt and fiscal issues in the 2016 elections.
Recent budget reforms have not significantly improved the nation’s long-term fiscal outlook, according to a report released today by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
The latest report by the CBO on the outlook for the U.S. budget and economy highlights the costs of the ongoing weakness in our economy and uncertain direction of our nation’s fiscal policies.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/summary-of-cbo-update-on-budget-and-economic-outlook
2013 Fall Fiscal Agenda: A Critical Time for Action; 4 upcoming milestones
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/2013-fall-fiscal-agenda-%E2%80%94-the-debt-ceiling
NEW YORK — Americans maintain strongly negative attitudes about our nation’s fiscal challenges, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s latest Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to address the problem.
For the third year in a row, Congress did not adopt a budget resolution.