The Impact of U.S. Fiscal Policy: Deficits, Surpluses, and National Debt on Key Sectors and the Economy

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Fiscal Policy PaperFiscal PolicyTeam CExplain the impact of the United States' deficit, surplus, and national debt on various sectors,such as taxpayers, Social Security and Medicare users, the automotive industry, and the globaleconomy. Additionally, how can thesefiscal challenges affect students, unemployment rates, andthe Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? In your opinion, what policies or strategies should thegovernment implement to address these issues?Word count requirement: 600-800 words.

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Fiscal Policy PaperThe United States Fiscal PolicyThe economy of the country has a great effect on many aspects of the lives of its citizens.TheUnited States’ economy has gone through different stages from deficits and surpluses to alarge debt. These can affect people in various ways. This paper will focus on theUnited States’deficit, surplus,and debt and how it affects taxpayers, future Social Security and Medicare users,unemployed individuals, University of Phoenix students, theUnited States’ financial reputationon an international level, a domestic automotive manufacturing exporter, an Italian clothingcompany importer, and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).TaxpayersTheUnited States’ deficit, surplus, and debt effect taxpayers greatly. The deficit affectstaxpayers because when the country is running a deficit it means that the supply of money is low.The taxpayers are called upon to alleviate the low supply of money that the government uses torun. A surplus affects taxpayers because even though the country may be running a surplus andtaxes decrease, they are still there. The citizens of the country will still be required to pay taxeseven if there is a surplus. The country’s debt affects taxpayers the most because it is the taxrevenue that is used to pay off the debt that the country has gotten itself into.Future Social Security and Medicare usersTheUnited StatesFederal deficit is the result of government spending greater than revenuereceived for that year. Each year, the deficit is added to the debt gets bigger because it adds themoney that the federal government loans to itself every year. One of these loans is the moneythat comes from the social security trust funds, which is took in the form of government accountsecurities. These types of loan do not affect the government deficit because they are within the

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