WHERE STUDENTS
COMPETE TO SAVE AMERICA'S
FISCAL FUTURE
Congratulations to the University of Virginia team for winning 1st prize in the 2013 Up to Us competition! Congratulations also to Brown University and University of Texas-Austin for placing 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Learn more about each team's campaign, and other schools' efforts, here.
Up to Us enables students to give their generation a voice. Students know best what will interest and matter to their campus communities! Teams craft and execute their own campus campaigns, with the goal of educating their peers and inspiring collective action.
Our federal government is running a deficit, annually spending more than it receives in revenue. To make up for this, the U.S. borrows money, adding to federal debt. If the gap between revenue and spending is not reduced over the next 30 years, there will be consequences for everyone.
The debt in historical context. Debt rises and falls with wars and changes in the economy. The projected levels of future debt would be unprecedented.
Major drivers of our debt. Entitlements and interest costs represent all of the projected future growth in the federal budget.
Our federal government is running a deficit, annually spending more than it receives in revenue. To make up for this, the U.S. borrows money, adding to federal debt. If the gap between revenue and spending is not reduced over the next 30 years, there will be consequences for everyone.
The debt in historical context. Debt rises and falls with wars and changes in the economy. The projected levels of future debt would be unprecedented.
Major drivers of our debt. Entitlements and interest costs represent all of the projected future growth in the federal budget.
Our federal government is running a deficit, annually spending more than it receives in revenue. To make up for this, the U.S. borrows money, adding to federal debt. If the gap between revenue and spending is not reduced over the next 30 years, there will be consequences for everyone.
The debt in historical context. Debt rises and falls with wars and changes in the economy. The projected levels of future debt would be unprecedented.
Major drivers of our debt. Entitlements and interest costs represent all of the projected future growth in the federal budget.
Our federal government is running a deficit, annually spending more than it receives in revenue. To make up for this, the U.S. borrows money, adding to federal debt. If the gap between revenue and spending is not reduced over the next 30 years, there will be consequences for everyone.
The debt in historical context. Debt rises and falls with wars and changes in the economy. The projected levels of future debt would be unprecedented.
Major drivers of our debt. Entitlements and interest costs represent all of the projected future growth in the federal budget.
JUDGING & PRIZES
The winning team will receive $10,000 and be recognized by President Clinton at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U). Campaigns will be judged by a panel of experts: ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, Chelsea Clinton and former Co-Chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Erskine Bowles and Senator Alan Simpson.
