Center for Funding America’s Future

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The PPI Center for Funding America’s Future works to promote a fiscally responsible public investment agenda that fosters robust and inclusive economic growth. To that end, the Center developed a comprehensive budget blueprint in 2019 containing more than 50 “radically pragmatic” proposals for strengthening public investments in the foundation of our economy, modernizing federal health and retirement programs to reflect an aging society, and transforming our tax code to reward work over wealth – all while putting the national debt on a downward trajectory.

During the 2020 presidential election, the Center produced the only comprehensive apples-to-apples estimate of the four leading Democratic candidates’ fiscal plans. It then responded quickly and forcefully to the COVID-19 pandemic, publishing a comprehensive report within days of the national lockdowns that offered 30 policy proposals to combat the coming recession (and those that come after) using automatic stabilizers.

The Center has continued to play a critical role in shaping fiscal policy debates around key legislation during the Biden Administration, including the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the Build Back Better Act.

 

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Ritz for Forbes: Alarming CBO Report Shows Unprecedented Interest Costs Starting Next Year
02.08.2024

By Ben Ritz Just as two years of punishing inflation finally appears to have subsided, new projections from the Congressional Budget Office show another major economic problem on the rise. Thanks to excessive deficit spending that worsened inflation and the interest-rate hikes implemented by the Federal Reserve to bring it under control, the U.S. government is now…

PPI Urges Democrats To Move Beyond $400K Tax Pledge
01.22.2024

Washington, D.C. — Government programs that benefit most Americans can only be sustained if most Americans are willing to pay for them. But for more than two decades, U.S. political leaders have kept taxes far below the level needed to pay for growing social spending on programs like Social Security and Medicare. America can afford…

How the $400K Tax Pledge Undermines Policymaking
01.22.2024

INTRODUCTION Americans have always understood that our nation’s prosperity rests on two pillars: A vibrant free-enterprise system that rewards innovation and risk-taking, and a fiscally responsible government that invests in basic public goods and services that cannot be provided by the private sector. But to benefit from these investments, citizens must pay sufficient taxes to…

Duffy for The Messenger: New Tax Deal Imperfectly Invests in Our Future
01.20.2024

By Laura Duffy After years of uncertainty, Congress may be on the verge of passing a $78 billion tax package to partially revive an expanded Child Tax Credit and business tax incentives for research and development that expired at the end of 2021. These popular — yet costly — provisions became linked in 2022 by Democrats arguing that benefits for…

Kilander for The Messenger: Republican Budget Concessions Enrich Tax Cheats and Increase the Deficit
01.16.2024

By Alex Kilander The budget deal recently struck by congressional leaders would be a bittersweet resolution to this year’s spending fight. On the one hand, it prevents a harmful government shutdown and adheres to the spending levels in the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) negotiated by President Biden and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)  in June. But it…

Ritz for Forbes: Improving Financial Capability Can Help Low-Income Families Around The Holidays
12.26.2023

By Ben Ritz Managing money around the holidays can be tough for low-income families even in the best of times. The pressure to be generous with family and friends can often lead to overspending and a hangover of debt when the new year rolls around. But the challenge has become particularly acute for many after a prolonged…