Rising National Debt & Social Security Reform
US NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
Watch and listen to experts discuss the problems of structural Fiscal Deficits and Rising National Debt. How do we resolve this problem, to safeguard against our own Economic Security, Generational Equity and protect our related National Security. This CNN Special aired on April 11, 2010.
WATCH: $10 Trillion & Counting A Frontline Special on PBS (aired March 24, 2009)
QUESTION: How Much is a Trillion Dollars – by William Bryant
In the News:
Links & Resources:
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Concord Coalition
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
Committee for Responsible Federal Budget
National Public Debt Clock
US National Debt Clock – Figures & Ratios
The Cato Institute
US Bureau of Public Debt
Congressional Budget Office
ZFacts – National Debt Statistics
Grandfather Report – National Debt
Social Security Administration -see Trustee Report
Social Security – FAQ
US Federal Budget (pdf)
US Federal Debt (pdf)
Citizen’s Guide to the Federal Budget – OMB (.pdf)
Testimony to Strengthen Social Security (.pdf)
Social Security: Defining the Problem (.pdf)
Social Security: Options for Reform (.pdf)
Opinion, Editorials & Political Commentary:
2007 Pie Chart: Fiscal Budget of Revenues & Outlays – $163 Billion Deficit
2007 Pie Chart: US Military Spending compared to other Countries and the World
13 Mar 07 – Wincing Dems are likely to raise the limit on Debt (The Hill)
16 Mar 06 – Congress sets new Federal Debt Limit: $9 trillion (National Public Radio)
7 Feb 06 – Bush’s Budget sparks bipartisan protest (CBS News)
8 Jan 06 – U.S. hovers close to its Debt Ceiling — Treasury boss says government business could be affected (San Francisco Chronicle)
August 1993: President Clinton – Press Interviews regarding Deficits & Budgets [Exhibits A thru E]
Omnibus Budget & Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA-93)
Jan 25, 1994: Clinton – State of the Union Address
[Post OBRA-93, Budget/Program Cuts & Tax Increases, Health Care Reform & Welfare Reform]
Jan 27, 1998 Clinton – State of the Union Address
[Deficits will simply be “zero” and “save Social Security first”]
Jan 19, 1999 Clinton – State of the Union Address
[Universal Savings Accounts (“USA Accounts”) and fund Social Security & Medicare]
OPINION – WEB
14 Sept 12 –US Debt Invoice – 2012
4 Aug 08 – US Debt Invoice – 2008
9 Oct 04 – Bush Tax Policy (WEB)
10 Jan 01 – Clinton Letter Regarding OBRA-93 (WEB)
12 Nov 04 – Electoral vs Popular Vote (WEB)
