Federal Budget Analysis: Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
The Souls of Poor Folk: A Preliminary Report
Dec. 4, 2017
To support this modern-day Poor People’s Campaign, the Institute for Policy Studies has produced an analysis of the campaign’s four core issues: racism, poverty, the war economy/militarism, and ecological destruction.
Protecting Our Communities: A State's Guide to Demilitarizing for a Brighter Future
July 20, 2017
U.S. military spending, with its major focus on exerting U.S. influence and dominance overseas, has an analog here at home: spending on policing, incarceration, and immigration enforcement.
March 16, 2017
Competing Visions 2016
March 21, 2016
National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up to Americans’ priorities.
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The President's 2017 Budget Proposal in Pictures
Feb. 17, 2016
The National Priorities Project breaks down President Obama’s $4.2 trillion budget proposal in a series of pictures.
President Obama Proposes 2017 Budget
Feb. 11, 2016
New proposal calls for investment in domestic priorities but also prioritizes Pentagon spending and military force.
Highlights from the 2015 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
July 23, 2015
National Priorities Project breaks down what you need to know on the status of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds.
Competing Visions: President Obama, House Budget Committee, Senate Budget Committee, and Congressional Progressive Caucus Release Budget Proposals for 2016
March 19, 2015
National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Tax Day 2015
March 16, 2015
Tax Day is coming up on April 15. Wondering where your 2014 income taxes went?
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President’s 2016 Budget in Pictures
Feb. 9, 2015
President Obama recently released his fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. And budgets are about our nation’s priorities: What are we going to spend money on? How are we going to raise the money we want to spend? These pictures tell the story of the priorities found in the president’s budget.
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- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Annual Budget Deficit or Surplus as Share of the Economy (GDP)
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Total Tax Revenue
- President's Proposed '16 Budget: Individual/Corporate Income Taxes as % of Total Federal Revenue
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Federal Spending and Revenue as Share of U.S. Economy (GDP)
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Military and Non-Military Discretionary Spending
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Mandatory and Discretionary Spending and Interest on Debt
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Mandatory Spending
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Discretionary Spending
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Total Spending