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Join the Up to Us competition and help educate your peers on the future fiscal and economic challenges facing our generation. Test your knowledge, learn about the national debt, the difference between debt and deficit, and why it matters. Discover the impact on student loans, credit cards, mortgages, access to capital, consumer confidence, retirement, and public investments. Join our movement and plug your next Up to Us event!
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Who We Are The Up to Us Competition is a nationwide program among U.S. colleges and universities that aims to educate their peers on the future fiscal and economic challenges of our generation.
Test Your Knowledge(Ask the Audience, delete all answers) • What is the U.S. National Debt as it stands today? (19 trillion in 2016) • What’s the difference between debt and deficit? (Deficit is the amount that the government spends over their budget each year. Debt is the accumulated deficits year after year. ) • To whom does the federal government owe the most amount of their debt? (Trick question: US- the American public, the millennial generation!
Why Should We Care? • High interests rates for student loans, credit cards, mortgages • Decreased access to capital (loans) for individuals and businesses • Decreased loan access means lower consumer and business confidence • Shrinking Social Security “safety net” means you are retiring later • Decreased public investments in infrastructure, research and development, and education Tesla Motors received a $465 million federal loan to manufacture zero-emission, zero-gas, electric cars
Join Our Movement Plug your next Up to Us event! Insert Flyer, Event Details (Date & Time, Location, Incentives?)