Broadband Access and The Digital Divide: What Is the Government’s Role?
Broadband is an indispensable tool for aspects of everyday life such as employment, education, and healthcare. As a result, federal policymakers have prioritized funding it.
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Broadband is an indispensable tool for aspects of everyday life such as employment, education, and healthcare. As a result, federal policymakers have prioritized funding it.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation presents a primer on the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/the-federal-budget-primer
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for October 2020.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-october-2020
Chairman Paul Ryan's budget aims to shrink the size of government to about 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015 and to 15 percent of GDP in 2050.
Modeled after the Consumer Confidence Index, the Fiscal Confidence Index is a national survey that measures public opinion about the national debt.
Americans continue to show high levels of concern about our nation's long-term debt, even as economic and near-term fiscal indicators show signs of improvement, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s latest Fiscal Confidence Index.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2013/05/fci-press-release
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for November 2020.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-november-2020
“The Biden Administration has put forward thoughtful proposals aimed at creating jobs for working- and middle-class families, increasing our global competitiveness, and addressing important national priorities like infrastructure, climate change, and racial equity," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
“Our high and rising debt makes us less prepared for the next pandemic, less secure against future adversaries, less resilient to the changing climate, and less able to build the strong," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Independent analyses agree unanimously that either bill would add significantly to the growing national debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/12/poll-voters-say-that-tax-reform-shouldn%E2%80%99t-grow-the-debt