2017 Fiscal Summit: Summary and Highlights
Summary and highlights from the 2017 Fiscal Summit, which was held on May 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/fiscal-summit/2017-fiscal-summit/summary-and-highlights
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Summary and highlights from the 2017 Fiscal Summit, which was held on May 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/fiscal-summit/2017-fiscal-summit/summary-and-highlights
Social Security is an important program that is part of the fabric of America. We must ensure that Social Security is available for future generations.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/making-social-security-sustainable
National debt could climb from 74% of GDP in 2014 to 166% of GDP in 2039.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/gao-sends-clear-warning-long-term-debt-is-on-an-unsustainable-path
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for June 2020.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-june-2020
The combined Social Security trust funds are projected to be fully depleted by 2034 — just 18 years from now.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2016/06/trustees-warn-social-security-in-financial-trouble
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for August 2020.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-august-2020
“The nation remains in the grips of a devastating health and economic crisis caused by the pandemic. Overcoming the virus remains the nation’s top priority, but the vast majority of Americans also recognize the need to address our unsustainable fiscal outlook once this crisis is over,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2020/12/fci-press-release
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
By 2050, the US will be very different than it is today. Adults aged 65 and over will outnumber children under the age of 18, and our population will be much more racially and ethnically diverse, the young much more so than the old. With those changing demographics as a backdrop, the US 2050 project examines the socioeconomic developments and fiscal choices we make today that will determine standards of living decades from now.
By 2050, the US will be very different than it is today. Adults aged 65 and over will outnumber children under the age of 18, and our population will be much more racially and ethnically diverse, the young much more so than the old. With those changing demographics as a backdrop, the US 2050 project examines the socioeconomic developments and fiscal choices we make today that will determine standards of living decades from now.