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While proposals to raise the retirement age are intended to improve the financial health of the Social Security program, GAO finds that such changes could produce an opposite result, while also having an adverse impact on some of society’s most vulnerable members.
As the nation edges closer to the fiscal cliff, a group of distinguished defense, economic and foreign policy leaders today issued an urgent call to address the U.S. fiscal situation, identifying our national debt as "the single greatest threat to our national security."
The Peterson Foundation’s 2012 Fiscal Summit–America's Case For Action convenes the nation's leading fiscal policy experts and elected officials at a critical moment of opportunity to make progress on America's long-term fiscal challenges.
The study examines the most recent version of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the House-passed Affordable Health Care for America Act, and it provides the first long-term comparative analysis of the costs of the House and Senate health care reform legislation.
As Raimondo examined Rhode Island’s retirement system during her first months in office, it became clear that pension plans for state employees and teachers were unsustainable.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/gina-raimondo-rhode-island-general-treasurer
The poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent, up from 13.2 percent in 2008. This is the highest rate since 1994.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/census-bureau-report-on-poverty-and-health-insurance-coverage
InDebtEd (short for "in-debt education") is a joint campaign by PGPF and MTV's campus network, mtvU, to alert college students to the personal and governmental dangers of financial irresponsibility. The program encourages students to take action to secure their futures. The campaign's aim is to empower young people to protect themselves financially and to work together to advocate government fiscal responsibility in order to change the course of the nation's future.
A statement about the National Commission on fiscal responsibility and reform.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2010/07/national-commission-on-fiscal-responsibility-and-reform
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation today announced that it will air a series of informational ads as part of its broadcast sponsorship of the October 11 Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican Presidential Debate to raise voter awareness about the nation’s fiscal and economic issues.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/foundation-tv-radio-online-ads
The Youth Summit, entitled Democracy 2.0: Exploring the Millennial Generation's ROI, will convene today's leading youth voices as well as a number of newcomers who will offer fresh perspectives and thoughtful proposals for reform and change.