Along similar lines as what Kansas has been doing with its budget for education, Louisiana has been cutting in favor of doling out large tax cuts and credits for business…

…income and spending. In other words, the cyclical upswing will automatically reduce the budget deficit. The scenario ignores the “automatic stabilizers” that cause the budget deficit to swing counter-cyclically.  …

…first budget (spent in fiscal 1934 the first fiscal year for which he proposed a budget) there was a huge increase in Federal Spending. There was an increase in 1933,…

…Go The total federal budget of the United States has recently run about $4 trillion or more each year. In 2020, the total federal budget ran much higher, at $7…

The Demographic Outlook: 2024 to 2054, Congressional Budget Office, January 2024 A difference approach to determining the population, the resulting projections, and outcomes as determined by the Congressional Budget Office….

…year in the late 2020s and early 2030s. Behind the projected surge in US federal debt over the next three decades is an expected increase of the federal budget deficit,…

…the detail and have to read it a few times. These are projections based upon various assumptions. Budgetary Outcomes Under Alternative Assumptions About Spending and Revenues, Congressional Budget Office Republicans…

…budget before President Donald Trump could sign his sweeping budget bill into law. The stakes were high. If Congress’s budget had become law first, Wisconsin could have lost out on…

…Dreams article critical of the Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano. ~~~~~~~ “Trump Social Security Chief Applauds Budget Bill That Will Harm Social Security’s Finances,” Common Dreams U.S. President Donald Trump’s…

…Boyle. ~~~~~~~ May 20, 2025 Dear Ranking Member Rep. Brendan Boyle: Today the Congressional Budget Office transmitted an estimate of the budgetary effects of the 2025 reconciliation bill, as ordered…