President's Budget Relies on Optimistic Economic Projections and Unlikely Spending Cuts
The president's budget misses an opportunity to address the structural causes of our debt and relies instead on overly optimistic economic assumptions.
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The president's budget misses an opportunity to address the structural causes of our debt and relies instead on overly optimistic economic assumptions.
U.S. health care spending is highly focused on the costliest patients.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0209_healthcare_spending_focused
The United States spends more on defense than the next 9 countries combined.
Medicare is an essential health insurance program serving millions of Americans, and a major part of the federal budget and our fiscal outlook.
Medicaid provides health insurance to low-income Americans. Children make up nearly half of the program’s enrollment, but most spending is directed towards the elderly and disabled.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0093_medicaid_demographics
The U.S. spent more on interest on the national debt than it has on other national priorities over the past decade.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0308_interest_spending_priorities
Discretionary spending is projected to stay below its historical share of GDP.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0177_discretionary_low_levels
Spending on the major healthcare programs, Social Security, and interest will continue to climb rapidly over the long term.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0281_spending_to_climb_rapidly
Most infrastructure spending in the United States comes from state and local governments
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0274_federal_state_local_infrastructure_spending
State and local governments outspend the federal government in every infrastructure category
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0275_infrastructure_spending_by_category