Trends in Income Growth, Before Transfers and Taxes
Between 1979 and 2016, income increased more quickly for high-income earners.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0060_income-disparity-before-transfers-taxes
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Between 1979 and 2016, income increased more quickly for high-income earners.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0060_income-disparity-before-transfers-taxes
“The national debt is already $34 trillion, but as it grows over the next three decades, we’ll spend more than double that on interest alone,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/03/fci-press-release
Low-income seniors rely on Social Security benefits for a major share of their retirement income.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0018_social-security-low-income
Sequestration is a budget procedure used by lawmakers to cancel or limit funding in order to meet budget goals.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-basics-what-is-sequestration
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the latest data for Fiscal Year 2024, charted out monthly and on a year-over-year basis.
“We need our leaders to rise to the urgency of the moment, but legislative gridlock continues to prevent progress on even the basics of budgeting," said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/03/peterson-foundation-statement-on-presidents-budget
Average income among households in the lowest fifth of the income distribution was $21,900, while income for households in the highest fifth averaged $357,800.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2024/01/5-facts-about-rising-income-inequality-in-the-united-states
“Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office released new data showing that interest costs in 2024 will total a staggering $870 billion, a jump of 32 percent and more than $2 billion per day,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/02/fci-press-release
Although the need for serious, long-term changes to the funding structure of the Highway Trust Fund is clear, there is disagreement over the approach to do so.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-highway-trust-fund
The report anticipates that in 2020 — for the first time since 1982 — the program’s total costs will exceed its total income.