The fiscal cliff

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The fiscal cliff발음듣기

There's been a lot of talk lately about the fiscal cliff, which sounds very dramatic.발음듣기

And what I want to do in this video is at least lay out the numbers so that we're all on the same page.발음듣기

And then the next few videos, think about the implications or how the negotiations between the president and Congress might actually work out.발음듣기

So the first thing to frame this conversation is just where the budget is right now.발음듣기

And so let me draw a little graph.발음듣기

So let me make this axis right over here represent our budget.발음듣기

I want to make it as big as possible so that we can get a little bit of granular detail on how much the budget might move based on how the negotiations work out.발음듣기

So let's say that this line is roughly $4 trillion long.발음듣기

So that's $4 trillion, and halfway would be about $2 trillion.발음듣기

And then in between two and four, you've got $3 trillion.발음듣기

And then $1 trillion would be right over here, $1 trillion.발음듣기

And then I'm going to do some bar charts to show the different scenarios.발음듣기

And as I do this, keep in mind the size of the US economy.발음듣기

The US economy is approximately $15.5 trillion.발음듣기

So that is roughly our GDP, depends on which year you're measuring.발음듣기

But that gives us at least a frame of reference for what chunk of GDP we are talking about when we talk about the federal budget.발음듣기

So let's start with the 2012.발음듣기

Let's start with the 2012 budget.발음듣기

So in 2012, the US government is spending $3.6 trillion.발음듣기

So let me make my graph a little bit more granular.발음듣기

So this would be 3.5.발음듣기

So 3.6 is going to be right around here.발음듣기

So let me draw that.발음듣기

And I'll do it in this purple color for the expenditures.발음듣기

So this is how much the federal government spent or I guess is spending in 2012.발음듣기

So just like that.발음듣기

All right, there we go.발음듣기

So that's expenditures.발음듣기

Now you are probably aware that we don't have all of the revenue.발음듣기

We didn't bring in the $3.6 trillion in taxes.발음듣기

So this right over here is $3.6 trillion.발음듣기

Our revenue that we get through tax revenue and other things is somewhat less.발음듣기

It, in 2012, was on the order of $2.5 trillion.발음듣기

So I'll draw that right over here.발음듣기

So $2.5 trillion.발음듣기

I'll do it in this green color.발음듣기

So this is how much revenue was brought in.발음듣기

So let me write this down.발음듣기

This is $2.5 trillion.발음듣기

Now let's think about how much might get spent under the different scenarios.발음듣기

So first I'll lay out a rough approximation of Obama's budget proposal for 2013.발음듣기

So Obama in 2013.발음듣기

So on the spending side, he sees, or he would like to see, spending go up by $200 billion.발음듣기

So let's see this.발음듣기

So on the spending side, we're going to add $200 billion.발음듣기

And the next few videos, we could talk about the pros and cons, the arguments for and against something like that.발음듣기

So let me draw that.발음듣기

So relative to the 3.6, we're now that 3.8.발음듣기

So you have a spending increase of - so plus $200 billion.발음듣기

That gets us to 3.8 billion in total expenditures.발음듣기

If my best estimate of what the Republicans in Congress would want.발음듣기

So let's write.발음듣기

Let's say, a Republicans in 2013 is that they would actually ideally want spending cuts from these levels.발음듣기

So let's draw that out.발음듣기

And roughly on the order of about $100 billion.발음듣기

So roughly on the order of $100 billion.발음듣기

They might even want more than that, but let's just go with that for now.발음듣기

So that gets us to a budget of $3.5 trillion.발음듣기

That's about that right over there. $3.5 trillion.발음듣기

So once again, relative to 2012, you're going down by $100 billion.발음듣기

Let me make clear.발음듣기

You're subtracting $100 billion.발음듣기

Now in the fiscal cliff scenario, the spending will be similar to the Republican ideal right over here.발음듣기

So let me write this over here. Fiscal cliff.발음듣기

We are also spending.발음듣기

We are cutting on the order of $100 billion in government expenditures.발음듣기

So let's draw that.발음듣기

So at least on the expenditure side.발음듣기

And these are all very rough.발음듣기

I'm sure the Republicans who would agree and disagree with this.발음듣기

But I'm trying to get my best sense of kind of an aggregate view on things.발음듣기

So the fiscal cliff.발음듣기

We are also cutting spending by $100 billion.발음듣기

Now let's go to the revenue side of things.발음듣기

In all of these scenarios for 2013, and just to be clear, the fiscal cliff that's also for 2013.발음듣기

And all of these scenarios, we get the same revenue that we got in 2012.발음듣기

So let me draw that.발음듣기

Plus we get about another $100 billion from the growth in the economy.발음듣기

As the economy grows, and even if your tax rates are held completely constant, you're going to get more revenue for the federal government.발음듣기

You get about $100 billion from the federal government.발음듣기

And so that gets us to $2.6 trillion without changing anything.발음듣기

So let me just shade all of these in really fast.발음듣기

So shade that one in.발음듣기

Shade that one in.발음듣기

And then, shade that one in.발음듣기

Now, as you've probably heard on the news, Obama would like to extend the Bush tax cuts for the middle class.발음듣기

And he considers a middle class of those who are making less than $250,000 for a family.발음듣기

But he would like to not extend the Bush tax cuts on the rich.발음듣기

And he would like to actually include a few other tax increases, also on the wealthy.발음듣기

And so you would get an increase of revenue under Obama's plan of $300 billion.발음듣기

This is once again, very rough.발음듣기

Probably $50, $60 billion that I'm not fully accounting for, but it'll give you the rough picture.발음듣기

So this is $300 billion.발음듣기

And what Obama's doing here, or what at least in the proposal, as far as I can believe, none of this is that simple.발음듣기

What they're talking about right over here is extend tax cuts for middle class, which my best reading, seems like we would lose a little under $200 billion of revenue.발음듣기

But then we keep the tax cuts or we let the tax cuts on the wealthy expire.발음듣기

So that gets us 200 of this.발음듣기

And then there are other tax increases and another removing loopholes and whatever else they increase this to $300 billion.발음듣기

So let's compare the deficit.발음듣기

So this gets us to, in the Obama scenario, we end up with $2.9 trillion in revenue.발음듣기

So let's compare what the deficit did from 2012 to Obama's budget plan.발음듣기

So in 2012, if you take $3.6 trillion, subtract out $2.5 trillion, there is a gap $1.1 trillion.발음듣기

This is the deficit.발음듣기

This is how much the government has to borrow in 2012.발음듣기

Under Obama's budget, what would it be for 2013?발음듣기

Well we're spending $3.8 trillion.발음듣기

We are getting a $2.9 trillion.발음듣기

So you have a gap of $900 billion.발음듣기

So there is some of the deficit reduction, although the deficit is still quite large.발음듣기

The deficit reduction is $200 billion.발음듣기

$100 billion of that came from the economic growth.발음듣기

And then, the rest is coming from, or a good chunk of that, is coming from increased taxes.발음듣기

Depending on how you view it, either increase taxes on the wealthy or not letting the tax cuts expire on the wealthy.발음듣기

Now let's think about the Republican situation.발음듣기

Well, you have $2.6 trillion in revenue.발음듣기

And you have $3.5 trillion.발음듣기

Let me write this down.발음듣기

And once again, you have on the order of a $900 billion gap.발음듣기

So in terms of deficit reduction, these things look pretty similar.발음듣기

You have a very similar deficit.발음듣기

Obama is increasing spending.발음듣기

And he would argue that he's investing in things that might help stimulate the economy, or invest in America for the future.발음듣기

And then he's making it up by letting the tax cuts on the wealthy expire for the most part.발음듣기

The Republicans want to cut spending.발음듣기

But they're also letting the tax cuts continue.발음듣기

So you essentially have the same level of deficit reduction.발음듣기

Now I think we are ready to talk about the fiscal cliff.발음듣기

The fiscal cliff, we're spending hundreds billion less.발음듣기

And then we are also letting all of the tax cuts for both the wealthy, those who are earning at a family level more than 250,000.발음듣기

And for the middle class, we're letting them all expire.발음듣기

And so you have the revenue increase by $400 billion.발음듣기

So this goes up by $400 billion.발음듣기

And so that takes us roughly, once again, this is all rough, to about $3 trillion in revenue and $3.5 trillion in expenses.발음듣기

And so your deficit, under the fiscal cliff scenario, the deficit is going to be $500 billion.발음듣기

Now you might say, hey, this is great.발음듣기

Everyone talks about the deficit.발음듣기

The deficit is a scary thing.발음듣기

We are borrowing from the future and all that.발음듣기

Why are people so afraid of the fiscal cliff?발음듣기

The reality is that if you take $500 billion out of the economy.발음듣기

So $100 billion through spending cuts and then $400 billion from tax increases.발음듣기

So the government is deleveraging.발음듣기

But that money's being sucked out of the economy.발음듣기

And you could argue that there's just kind of a multiplier effect as well, that might endanger what's already a very precarious risk of recovery.발음듣기

That the recovery is really just starting to happen.발음듣기

And if we were to suck all of this money out of the economy, that's what the argument would be, then that might throw us into another recession.발음듣기

Or that might make the recovery that much weaker.발음듣기

In the next few videos, we'll discuss that in a little bit more depth.발음듣기

See what people are saying the impact might be.발음듣기

And what the arguments might be in either case.발음듣기

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