Entitlement programs in America have a long-term effect on the country's fiscal and economic condition, but today's budget-making procedures fail to provide an orderly pathway for helping to resolve disputes about long-term fiscal goals and commitments to Americans.
In “A long-term budget for entitlements and required revenues,” Stuart M. Butler and Maya MacGuineas propose a procedure to establish a long-term budget for entitlements, and revenues to sustain them, as part of a reformed federal budget process. The procedure for enacting and revising the long-term budget would have two elements:
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