
US Blueprint Budget (Illustrative Framework)
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Purpose: A policy-aligned federal budget that "works for the United States" by protecting growth-driving investment,
stabilizing debt, and minimizing political brinkmanship.

Key Topline Targets:
- Revenues rise from 19.6% to 20.5% of GDP by 2035 via base-broadening (not rate spikes).
- Outlays fall from 21.0% to 20.1% of GDP as interest and health-cost growth are managed.
- Deficit narrows from 1.4% to -0.4% of GDP.
- Debt ratio declines from 97% to 85% of GDP.

FY2026 GDP baseline (illustrative): $30.0T
FY2026 Totals: Revenues $5.88T, Outlays $6.30T.

Policy Levers Included (high level):
- Close tax gap (information reporting + enforcement), corporate 15% min tax hardened, limit unproductive tax expenditures,
  targeted carbon fee with household dividend, micro financial-transactions levy to fund SEC/CFTC and reduce manipulation.
- Healthcare: generic acceleration, site-neutral payments, value-based care expansion, drug negotiation phase-in.
- Defense: 5-year modernization plan with procurement reform and multi-year block buys; allied cost-sharing.
- NDD: protect critical R&D, AI/cyber, and infrastructure while trimming low-impact programs via sunset reviews.
- Interest savings from earlier primary balance + debt-ceiling stabilizer (auto-alignment to enacted appropriations).

Files in this bundle:
- BlueprintBudget_FY2026_Revenues.csv
- BlueprintBudget_FY2026_Outlays.csv
- BlueprintBudget_10yr_Path.csv
- BlueprintBudget_Flows.png
- BlueprintBudget_DebtPath.png
