Outlook for the Future

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Effects of Rising Debt on the Economy

Federal deficits reduce the future standard of lining by lowering national saving which slows the accumulation of national wealth. Increases in government spending (increased government consumption) and federal tax cuts (increased public consumption) increase the federal deficit and reduce national saving. Even if the financial market (i.e. interest rates) is not significantly affected by the shifting of resources from from saving to consumption, decreased national saving can still occur. Although domestic investment is reduced by federal deficits, captial inflows from abroad tend to increase the productivity or both labor and capital.

Budgeting Strategies

Future policies are what matter!!!

"Budgetary paths are economically unsustainable not when federal debt hits a critical level but when the government adopts policies that cannot be carried out indefinitely." -CBO, December 2005 (The Long-Term Budget Outlook)

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