Interactives
Our growing suite of interactive tools is used by policymakers, opinion leaders, educators, and the public to gain a better understanding of the federal budget situation.
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Budgeting for the Future
How would you fix the budget? Test your budget IQ, compare your budget priorities to the federal government's, and much more.
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Build Your Own Tax Extensions
Large parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA) are set to expire at the end of 2025. Design your own solution below.
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Child Tax Credit
The Build Your Own Child Tax Credit tool allows users to design their own modifications to the child tax credit and understand the budgetary cost of doing so.
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Debt Thermometer
Take the temperature of America’s fiscal health with the Debt Thermometer, tracking the 10-year fiscal impact of policy changes enacted each year.
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Debt Fixer
Can Your Cuts Make a Difference? How would you handle the nation's finances given the current situation and the long-term prospects? Here’s your chance to find out. Build your own Federal budget with our Debt Fixer Tool.
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COVID Money Tracker
Track trillions of dollars of spending, tax cuts, grants and other measures taken by the Executive branch and the Federal Reserve. We're following the dollars over time because the public deserves to know how this funding is spent.
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Insolvency Countdown
Over the next decade, important federal trust funds managing Social Security, Medicare and highways face a combined $3.6 trillion shortfall. Share our countdown widget on your website to help highlight this important issue.
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Social Security Reformer
The Social Security Reformer tool allows you to choose from a number of options to modify Social Security tax and benefit levels in order to close the program’s 75-year shortfall and keep it sustainable for future generations.
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How Old Will You Be?
Want to know if you will receive Social Security benefits when you retire? Use our calculator to determine how old you'll be when the Social Security program becomes insolvent.
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Is It Worth It?
See the costs of proposed policies, tax breaks, and federal spending in the U.S. Budget, and compare the annual cost to the cost per person, taxpayer, or household.
Our Mission
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a non-partisan, non-profit organization committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact.