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Lawmakers Discuss Deficit-to-GDP Target as ‘Starting Point’ for Fiscal Sustainability
The 3% deficit-to-GDP goal, supported by experts and bipartisan groups, aims to slow debt growth beyond the $39 trillion mark, with deficits driving the increase.
- House Budget Committee Jodey Arrington proposed Thursday a framework to limit annual federal deficits to 3% of GDP over the next 10-year period, targeting the national debt that surpassed $39 trillion on March 17.
- Over the past year, federal debt has grown by an average of more than $7 billion per day, with budget deficits serving as the primary driver of this staggering increase.
- Maya MacGuineas, president of the Responsible Federal Budget, called the 3% target the closest thing to a "Goldilocks" goal, balanced between meaningful and achievable; multiple organizations including the Bipartisan Policy Center endorsed the plan.
- Jonathan Burks of the Bipartisan Policy Center warned that Congress abandoned similar deficit targets after just five years, while Jared Bernstein of the Council of Economic Advisers questioned lawmakers' willingness to pursue necessary spending cuts.
- Arrington noted that financial experts Ray Dalio and Warren Buffet, along with President Barack Obama, have endorsed the 3%-over-10-year framework, signaling potential cross-partisan backing for deficit reduction.
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