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.
“It’s unfortunate that even the Committee’s draft package of modest recommendations failed to advance. Significant work remains to address America’s fiscal challenges and the Committee’s proposals could have been a small step in the right direction to improve our budget process." Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said.
If all of the proposals in the budget were adopted, government debt would still soar to unsustainable levels in the long run, even under the optimistic assumptions used in the administration’s long-run projections.
The U.S. spent $187 billion on interest payments alone in 2009.
Peter G. Peterson releases a statement on Simpson-Bowles "Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America’s Future."
“This new rules package includes important reforms that can help encourage fiscal responsibility." Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said.
Peter G. Peterson releases a statement on President Obama's deficit reduction proposal to the "super committee."
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation presents a primer on the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/the-federal-budget-primer
The largest emergency response bill in history, the CARES Act allocates $2 trillion in emergency funding to provide relief to households, small and large businesses, states and municipalities, and healthcare providers, among others.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/whats-in-the-cares-act-heres-a-summary
Although this spending bill, along with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, ends the cycle of lurching from crisis to crisis, it does not address the long-term fiscal challenges facing our nation.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/top-five-takeaways-%E2%80%94-consolidated-appropriations-act-of-2014