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Budget Basics: Balanced Budget Amendment — Pros & Cons
What is a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, and how would it work in practice?
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/balanced-budget-amendment-pros-and-cons
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May 20, 2024
Budget Basics: How Does Social Security Work?
Social Security is the largest single program in the federal budget and makes up approximately one quarter of total federal spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-does-social-security-work
Press Releases & Statements
Apr 1, 2013
Op-Ed: A Fiscal Deal or Fiscal Crisis?
Peter G. Peterson pens an op-ed in POLITICO about the coming fiscal issues now that Congress and the President have removed the threat of a government shutdown.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/op-ed-a-fiscal-deal-or-fiscal-crisis
Explainers
Mar 26, 2013
State of the Union's Finances (2011)
Through easy-to-understand language and charts, the State of the Union’s Finances explains the enormous fiscal challenges we face, based on the official financial statements of the U.S. government.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances
Press Releases & Statements
May 18, 2015
Solutions Initiative III: Range of Policy Solutions to Stabilize Fiscal Outlook
The results of the Peterson Foundation’s Solutions Initiative III are in: researchers from five leading think tanks agree that there are many ways to stabilize the nation’s long-term debt.
Programs & Projects
Dec 31, 2013
Year-End FCI Remains Low; Americans Remain Consistently Concerned about Nation's Fiscal Outlook Throughout 2013
NEW YORK — The Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s final Fiscal Confidence Index for 2013 shows that American voters hold deep concerns about the nation’s long-term fiscal health, continuing a consistent 12-month trend.
Explainers
Sep 28, 2012
Budget Basics: What Is The Fiscal Cliff?
The January 2013 fiscal cliff involves several components of tax cuts and spending provisions.
Explainers
Aug 20, 2024
Budget Basics: What Is Medicare Advantage?
The Medicare Advantage allows beneficiaries enrolled in both Part A and Part B to receive benefits from private plans.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-is-medicare-advantage
Press Releases & Statements
Sep 8, 2010
"Fiscal Solutions Tour" Launch
The Concord Coalition and The Peter G. Peterson Foundation today launched a national “Fiscal Solutions Tour” to foster informed public dialogue about possible answers to the nation’s daunting fiscal and economic challenges over the next decade and beyond.
Programs & Projects
2015 Fiscal Summit: Opportunity for America.
Experts from five leading think tanks developed specific, "scoreable" policy proposals to set the federal budget on a sustainable, long-term path for prosperity and economic growth.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/solutions-initiative-iii