Budgeting or Growth and Prosperity
A Long-term Plan to Balance the Budget, Grow the Economy,and Strengthen the Middle Class
Michael Ettlinger, Michael Linden, and Seth Hanlon May 2011
Tis plan was developed as par o he Soluions Iniiaive and unded by he Peer G. Peerson Foundaion.Te Peerson Foundaion convened organizaions wih a variey o perspecives o develop plans addressing our naion’s scalchallenges. Te American Enerprise Insiue, Biparisan Policy Cener, Cener or American Progress, Economic Policy Insiue, Te Heriage Foundaion, and Roosevel Insiue Campus Nework each received grans. All organizaions haddiscreion and independence o develop heir own goals and propose comprehensive soluions. Te Peerson Foundaion’sinvolvemen wih his projec does no represen endorsemen o any plan. Te nal plans developed by all six organizaions were presened as par o he Peerson Foundaion’s second annual Fiscal Summi in May 2011.