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Creating the Federal Budget: Congress & The President

What is a Budget? It is a plan on how the federal gov’t is going to spend its revenues to meet goals & objectives laid out by the policymakers “Roadmap” for the future Revenues = dollars that the gov’t gets Expenditures = dollars that are spent by the government

Sources of Revenue Individual Income Taxes (progressive tax) allowed by the adoption of the 16 th Amendment Payroll Taxes (Social Security, Medicare, Workmen’s Compensation, Unemployment insurance) Corporate Income Taxes Excise Taxes = tax on a specific good or service Gov’t fees = processing fees

Breakdown of Revenues (Fed’s)

Expenditures ~ Where does the Gov’t spend your tax money?

Deficits and Surpluses Deficit = when expenditures (spending) exceeds revenues (income), the government must borrow money to cover operating costs Surplus = when revenues (income) exceeds expenditures (spending), the government has excess money National debt = grand total of all of the $$$ borrowed the US gov’t ~ over $18.1 Trillion & growing *People’s wants often outweigh their income ~ this is also true of the government

Gov’t Income vs. Spending

Large Deficits

How did we get to this point in our history?

The Budget Process Office of Management & Budget (OMB) ~ helps POTUS to draft a budget that reflects his priorities Delivered to Congress Congress prepares its own budget with help from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) It is sent to the Budget Committees in the House & Senate Key committees: House Ways & Means, Senate Finance Remember ~ Congress’s priorities are not always the same as POTUS’s

Fixed Costs (Mandatory) Uncontrollable Expenditures: Controlled by how many people are entitled to benefits Entitlement Programs: Social Security Medicare/Medicaid Other things like: Military Retirement Federal Employee Pensions Health care for retired military & federal employees Interest on the national debt ~ this must be paid! **These programs are difficult to control or alter. “The 3 rd rail in politics.”

Discretionary Spending Levels of spending are determined by Congress Military spending is a high priority Public Health Social Services

Why not a balanced budget? Difficult choices: Raise Taxes??? Cut spending programs??? Reform Social Security??? Reform Medicare/Medicaid??? Cut the Military??? Result = current national debt = $17 Trillion

What happens if POTUS & Congress can’t agree on a budget? Continuing resolutions = allows federal departments to continue spending at the previous years’ levels (temporary solution) Government shutdowns = all non-essential departments can be shutdown President Clinton vs. The Republican controlled Congress (mid-1990s) President Obama vs. The Republicans in Congress The most recent shutdowns