Reached U.S. bankruptcy - debt is unpayable already

USA dosáhly bankrotu – dluh je již nesplatitelný

"No further increase in spending any more tax cuts will not help the United States to raise funds to repay its debts. For permanent closure of the fiscal gap need from now on every year 14 percent of gross domestic product. This is basically a revenue side of today's budget as federal revenues reaching 14.9 percent of GDP . The United States is simply a real bankruptcy, "he says in his commentary for Bloomberg professor of economics at Boston University Laurence J. Kotlikoff.

The United States must vigorously by Professor simplify and reform the tax system, health care, pension system and financial system, each of which is according to him in a "proper trouble." This is according to Kotlikoff, however, still the good news, because this is possible. In July, the IMF published an annual report on U.S. economic policy. Professor it selects two points that say that "to stabilize the debt to GDP will need significantly higher than the credited savings in the budget "and that" closing the fiscal gap requires a permanent annual resources in the budget range from 14 per cent of GDP of the United States. " Fiscal space is defined as the present value of projected expenditures, including those on official debt service and projected revenues in all subsequent years.

Today's U.S. budget revenues is 14.9% of GDP . "The IMF is saying that closing the fiscal gap on the revenue side is bluntly put an immediate doubling of income taxes for both individuals and businesses and a doubling of all federal taxes," says the professor. Such a move would allow him to realize this year's U.S. budget surplus of 5% of GDP instead of 9% deficit. "The IMF says that such surpluses United States must realize in the coming years if they want to dominate the evolution of debt. And also says that the longer they wait, the subsequent correction will be painful, "said the professor.

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