Blog - /blog/2022/09/07/relieving-all-student-debt-would-cost-much-f35-jet-fighter/
- ...debt in the United States amounts to $1.7 trillion — that's already how much the Pentagon is set to spend on its most expensive weapon system, the F-35 jet fighter.
Blog - /blog/2021/06/11/osamas-ghost-economics-overextension/
- ...the Middle East has contributed to the fraying of the U.S. economy even as China has rapidly become the new center of global capital accumulation.
Blog - /blog/2020/12/22/covid-deal-welcome-stopgap-congressional-progressives-aim-much-more-2021/
- The Progressive Caucus has unveiled a legislative agenda designed to meet the scale of the pandemic catastrophe and reduce our vulnerability to future crises.
Blog - /blog/2015/03/13/return-debt-ceiling/
- The debt ceiling suspension ends March 15, 2015. It’s unclear exactly when the money will run out, but sooner or later, lawmakers will have to deal with it.
Blog - /blog/2016/05/25/minimum-wage-425-hour-not-help-puerto-rico-needs/
May 25, 2016 - ...the making of this crisis?
Analysis - /analysis/2016/presidents-2017-budget-in-pictures/
Feb. 17, 2016 - The National Priorities Project breaks down President Obama’s $4.2 trillion budget proposal in a series of pictures.
Blog - /blog/2016/01/05/we-set-3-resolutions-congress-2015-heres-how-they-did/
Jan. 5, 2016 - ...and not keeping them.
Blog - /blog/2015/10/16/six-things-you-should-know-about-debt-ceiling/
Oct. 16, 2015 - The U.S. is expected to reach the debt ceiling in just 18 days, on November 3.
Guide - /guides/debt-and-deficit-tipsheet/
June 11, 2015 - ...the U.S. economy in fiscal 2009, to a projected 3.2 percent in 2015. Over the past 50 years, the budget deficit averaged 2.8 percent of the U.S. economy.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/29/7-ways-the-government-is-spending-your-money/
April 29, 2015 - ...and excise taxes are other big sources of cash for the government, as are Social Security and Medicare taxes and borrowing.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/competing-visions-2015/
March 19, 2015 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/president-obamas-2016-budget/
Feb. 4, 2015 - ...and non-defense, and many initiatives that would be widely popular with Americans.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/national-priorities-project-reacts-presidents-fiscal-year-2016-budget/
Feb. 2, 2015 - ...The $4 trillion spending and tax proposal includes funding that would provide two years of tuition-free community college for students, investments in job training and early education, as well as subs...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/06/budget-battle-deadlines-2015-immigration-debt-ceiling-and-2016-federal-budget/
Jan. 6, 2015 - ...the new year has started, here are some deadlines for lawmakers to keep in mind if they want to keep those resolutions.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/15/spotlight-npps-debt-and-deficit-voters-guide/
Oct. 15, 2014 - ...federal programs and ran a budget deficit. The good news is that budget deficits are no cause for great alarm; they are pretty common. In fact, over the past half century, the U.S. has ...
Blog - /blog/2014/06/12/hidden-story-behind-student-loan-debt/
June 12, 2014 - ...debt.
Blog - /blog/2014/05/12/federal-budget-process-taxes-spending-debt-and-deficit/
May 13, 2014 - Federal Budget 101, one of NPP's most popular resources, gets an update. Find out what's new.
Blog - /blog/2014/04/23/abandonment-american-student/
April 23, 2014 - ...the burden of providing higher education to family bank accounts, despite documented stagnation in median family income.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/presidents-2015-budget-in-pictures/all-revenue-and-spending-where-money-comes-and-where-money-goes/
April 14, 2014 - ...the government brings in revenue - from different types of taxes as well as borrowing - and how it spends money on programs ranging from Medicare to education to the military to interest on the federa...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/history-us-federal-budget-2011-2013/
Feb. 12, 2014 - ...the nation has endured one Congress-made, budget-related crisis after another. National Priorities Project documents the twists and turns.
