Sources of Medicare Financing
General revenue — not the Medicare payroll tax — is now the largest source of Medicare’s financing.
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General revenue — not the Medicare payroll tax — is now the largest source of Medicare’s financing.
Transfers from programs like Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP represent an increasing share of income for low to middle income groups.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0234_transfer_programs_share_income
By the Numbers: 2021 Trustees Reports.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0321_trustees_reports_2021
Federal outlays for highways and mass transit are projected to continue outstripping the revenues that finance them.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0283-outlays-revenues-highways
“This report makes it painfully clear that our unsustainable fiscal challenges have now been accelerated. The sad truth is that our national debt now equals the size of our entire economy,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2020/09/peterson-statement-on-cbo-report
This paper analyzes the likely evolution of US labor supply and demand between now and 2050, with a particular focus on aging, immigration, and automation.
Most federal revenues come from individual income and payroll taxes
Corporate and individual tax expenditures are large in comparison to annual taxes collected, as well as to the government’s major programs.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0054_tax-expenditures-comparison
Revenue from corporate income taxes has largely decreased since 1950.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0303_corporate_tax_share_gdp
Unlike during other recessions, revenues from the capital gains tax have remained relatively steady throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0317_capital_gains_revenues