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Fiscal Sustainability

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Government revenue and spending trends should align sufficiently to avoid unmanageable levels of debt.

The combination of irresponsible spending during times of prosperity, a ​“Swiss cheese” tax base full of loopholes and special-interest windfalls, and political resistance to addressing the insolvency of critical federal entitlement programs puts a massive burden on future generations and inhibits our ability to respond to future crises.

We support efforts to educate lawmakers and their staffs on the essential steps we must take to get our nation back on the path to fiscal sustainability — a path that will necessarily involve difficult conversations regarding the size and structure of our spending and revenue systems.

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$6.8T
Federal government spending in 2021 Source
2035
Year the Social Security trust fund will become insolvent absent intervention Source
$31.3T
Federal government debt subject to limit Source
28
States that don’t have more than 100 days of funding in their rainy day funds in 2022 Source

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AV Public Finance Credit Unions Digital 2025 Public Finance
Taxing Credit Unions is Fiscally Responsible
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Ways and Means Republican Tax Teams Submission Arnold Ventures et al Public Finance
Ways and Means TCJA Submission | October 15, 2024
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Assessing the 1974 Budget Act at 50 Public Finance
Assessing the 1974 Budget Act at 50 | Aug. 26, 2024
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AV SFR Expanding on the Success of the 2017 Tax Relief to Help Hardworking Americans Public Finance
Arnold Ventures’ Statement for the Record on the House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing: ​“Expanding on the Success of the 2017 Tax Relieve to Help Hardworking Americans” | April 25, 2024
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Federal Tax Policy Assessing the 1974 Budget Act at 50
Program Integrity
Divide and Conquer Improper Payments
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Federal Tax Policy
Kicking Off the 2025 Tax Conversation
Fiscal Sustainability
Five Ways to Prevent Fraud in the Next Emergency
Op-Ed Federal Tax Policy The SCOTUS Case That Could Upend the United States Tax Code Federal Tax Policy Bipartisan Free-Market Reforms to Reduce the National Debt

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