Essential Programs are on an Unsustainable Path
By the Numbers: 2021 Trustees Reports.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0321_trustees_reports_2021
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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
Corporate tax revenues are substantially lower than they were before the tax rate was reduced by the TCJA.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0304_corporate_tax_reduced_tcja
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
If we regard the U.S. government as a firm, this firm is in a sticky situation in which the valuation of its cash flows is below the amount of its outstanding liability.
“Rising interest rates mean rising interest costs, and Americans understand that’s a major problem for a country that’s $30 trillion in debt,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2022/03/fci-press-release
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation launches campaign to address debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2010/11/peterson-foundation-to-launch-campaign-to-address-debt