Report: Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future

Our national debt is already past $12 trillion, and climbing. This report sets a target to aim for – stabilizing the national debt at 60% of GDP and offers four different ways to get there.   Public Agenda is working with the National Research Council to help make sense of the debate and the choices that face us. Six basic questions to ask about any federal budget offer a set of standards for determining a “good” budget.