Blog - /blog/2012/12/12/you-ask-we-answer-how-big-are-bush-tax-cuts/
Dec. 12, 2012 - ...federal government get," he wrote, "if taxes were raised on the people making more than $200,000 per year?" It's a very timely question. Bush-era tax cuts for high earners are the most ...
Blog - /blog/2012/12/05/white-house-seeks-sandy-recovery-money/
Dec. 6, 2012 - The White House is preparing an emergency funding request to help repair the damages caused by hurricane Sandy. Although final details are not yet available, the request is expected to be for about $5...
Blog - /blog/2012/12/03/what-will-happen-fiscal-cliff/
Dec. 3, 2012 - Last week I wrote a post called Fiscal Cliff Definition, with a simple explanation of the much-hyped, so-called fiscal cliff. (I also suggested that we call it a "fiscal obstacle course" ins...
Blog - /blog/2012/11/29/fiscal-cliff-definition/
Nov. 29, 2012 - With all the talk in the news media about the "fiscal cliff," it seems that one important thing has been left out: A simple definition of what is the fiscal cliff. So here it is.
Blog - /blog/2012/11/27/whats-stake-your-state/
Nov. 27, 2012 - ...budgets rely heavily on funding from the federal government, so across-the-board federal budget cuts – which are currently scheduled for the start of 2013 – would have a big impa...
Blog - /blog/2012/11/21/fight-future-how-budget-talks-affect-young-people/
Nov. 21, 2012 - ...federal budget negotiations happening right now may result in deep cuts to programs that benefit the next generation of Americans.
Video - /videos/2012/11/16/a-peoples-guide-to-the-federal-budget-book-talk/
Nov. 16, 2012 - ...Federal Budget - Book Talk October 25, 2012 Northampton, MA Budget Process, Debt & Deficit, Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Taxes & Revenue
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/11/16/please-explain-fiscal-cliff/
Nov. 16, 2012 - ...Federal Budget, and Mattea Kramer, Senior Research Analyst, National Priorities Project, and lead author of National Priorities Project's new book, A People’s Guide to the Federal...
Blog - /blog/2012/11/15/fight-future/
Nov. 15, 2012 - ...federal budget priorities through the lens of this nation's future: young people.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/education-job-training-and-fiscal-showdown/fight-future-notes-and-sources/
Nov. 15, 2012 - ...Federal Student Aid per student includes all student aid accounts in subfunction 502 (higher education) as reported in OMB’s Public Budget Database. Omits negative subsidies and downward re-esti...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/education-job-training-and-fiscal-showdown/conclusion-its-about-priorities/
Nov. 15, 2012 - ...federal government spends more on war than on education, more on tax breaks for oil and gas companies than on programs for disconnected youth, and more on subsidies for livestock feed than on employme...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/education-job-training-and-fiscal-showdown/cutting-education-pulling-plug-progress/
Nov. 15, 2012 - ...Federal student aid has failed to make up the difference (Figure B), forcing students to bear an increasing financial burden. The maximum federal Pell grant once covered three-quarters of tuition at t...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/education-job-training-and-fiscal-showdown/executive-summary/
Nov. 15, 2012 - ...federal government currently spends more annually on the war in Afghanistan than on education. As states made deep cuts to education funding in recent years, federal education funding barely held stea...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/education-job-training-and-fiscal-showdown/
Nov. 15, 2012 - ...federal budget falls far short of the investment needed. The report also compares expenditures on training and education to other budget items like defense spending and tax cuts.
Blog - /blog/2012/11/13/fiscal-cliff-what-you-need-know/
Nov. 13, 2012 - Now that the elections are over, in Washington it’s all about the fiscal cliff. If you haven’t heard that phrase yet, you will soon. And often.The term “fiscal cliff” refers to...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/what-fiscal-cliff-resources-bush-tax-cuts-sequestration-and-lame-duck-congress/
Nov. 7, 2012 - In the coming weeks, Congress will take on the fiscal cliff and make decisions about the Bush tax cuts, the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, and a host of other tax and spending issues ...
Blog - /blog/2012/11/05/competing-priorities-millennial-outlook/
Nov. 5, 2012 - ...budget questions as we do in the short-term decisions concerning the economic recovery. First, Millennials prefer a balanced approach with regards to deficit reduction.
Blog - /blog/2012/10/30/voter-guide-2012-obama-and-romney-issues/
Oct. 30, 2012 - ...budget deficits, here's where the candidates stand on 12 key issues: Candidate ...
Video - /videos/2012/10/29/obama-vs-romney-on-education/
Oct. 29, 2012 - ...federal budget from President Obama and Governor Romney. Want to learn more? http://nationalpriorities.org/en/analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-education/ Budget Process, Education
Blog - /blog/2012/10/24/pentagon-spending-obama-vs-romney/
Oct. 24, 2012 - ...budget, while President Obama questioned how Gov. Romney would fund $2 trillion in new Pentagon spending.So what’s going on here? Let’s look at some ...
