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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.
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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
The lawmakers we choose this November will face critical fiscal and economic decisions in the next two, four, and six years.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/the-fiscal-election-whats-at-stake-in-this-election
As the economic recovery takes hold, Americans across party lines believe that the country’s renewed economic stability creates an opportunity for the government to address the country’s fiscal challenges.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2015/05/2015-fiscal-summit-press-release
The PGPF chart pack illustrates that budget-making involves many competing priorities, limited resources, and complex issues.
Higher short- and long-term Treasury rates mean that the federal government's borrowing costs will also rise.
The primary role of the Senior Director, Tax Policy, is to track, research, analyze and assess the impacts of current, proposed and potential federal tax and revenue policies.
https://www.pgpf.org/about/careers/senior-director-tax-policy
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation today convened a broad range of senior officials, policy-makers, elected leaders, and experts at its first-ever "2010 Fiscal Summit: America’s Crisis and A Way Forward" to launch a national bipartisan dialogue on America’s fiscal challenges.
A strong fiscal outlook is an essential foundation for a growing, thriving economy – but our current debt-to-GDP ratio is the highest it has been since 1950.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-the-fiscal-state-of-play
The federal government is slated to borrow about $1.5 trillion this year, and that number is projected to nearly double over the next decade.
The Peterson Foundation is partnering with POLITICO to host bipartisan interviews with prominent politicians in the wake of the new Administration.