The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a bipartisan group of budget hawks, has some resources that may be helpful for your papers.
Our interactive tools are perfect for helping students to learn about the budget, Social Security, and the cost of proposed and enacted policies. These include:
The Debt Fixer federal budget tool allows students to make many of the budget choices that policymakers face and see how those decisions affect the fiscal outlook. You can request dedicated links that allow you to easily see your students’ results by contacting debtfixer@crfb.org. Is It Worth With It, which allows students to break down the cost of proposed and enacted policies per person, taxpayer, and household. We have even included proposals from the 2020 presidential campaigns, and will continue to update throughout the election. Our Social Security Reformer tool allows students to dig deeper into this particular issue by providing numerous options to adjust Social Security revenues and benefits and see how those choices affect the program’s long-term solvency. While these tools have not yet been updated to reflect the fiscal and economic effects of the Coronavirus, they are still very useful for helping to teach about the country’s fiscal situation in general.
To learn more about the $2 trillion relief bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, please check out our recent analysis. We also have an infographic, which is perfect for students, helping them visualize the various types of relief in the CARES Act, and where it is going.
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