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{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}
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The '''National Priorities Project''' '''(NPP)''' is a [[non-profit]], [[non-partisan]] [[US federal budget|federal budget]] [[research organization]] established in 1983 with the mission of educating the American public on the US federal budget, federal spending, and federal revenue.<ref name=":1" /> It was founded in 1983 by [[Greg Speeter]] with the initial goal of helping community groups understand and respond to federal budget cuts in [[Massachusetts]] communities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Street |first=351 Pleasant |last2=MA |first2=Suite B. #442 Northampton |title=Our History |url=https://www.nationalpriorities.org/about/history/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=National Priorities Project |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Greg Speeter {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?39342/GregSpeeter |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.c-span.org}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Street |first=351 Pleasant |last2=MA |first2=Suite B. #442 Northampton |title=Mission and Vision |url=https://www.nationalpriorities.org/about/mission/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=National Priorities Project |language=en-us}}</ref>

During the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]], Greg Speeter and his friends – Brenda Loew, Ricky Fogel, Alwin Schmidt – found that federal funding for their city Springfield among others had plummeted, adversely impacting their local economies, job opportunities, education, and healthcare.<ref name=":0" /> They were later able to successfully convince their district's representative, Silvio Conte, then the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, to change his stance on federal spending,<ref name=":0" /> making him become a strong supporter of more [[Federal taxation and spending by state|federal spending]] for community-based programs with him coming out against a [[balanced budget amendment]] that slashed the federal safety net.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p3dme_national-priorities-project-25th-anniversary-tribute_news| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055627/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p3dme_national-priorities-project-25th-anniversary-tribute_news| archive-date = 2016-03-04| title = National Priorities Project 25th Anniversary Tribute - Video Dailymotion}}</ref>

==Activities==
NPP currently focuses its efforts toward public education about the federal budget using their online tool, Federal Budget 101,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/|title=Federal Budget 101|website=Nationalpriorites.org}}</ref> and their book, The People's Guide to the Federal Budget,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wamc.org/post/national-priorities-project-peoples-guide-federal-budget|title=National Priorities Project - A People's Guide to the Federal Budget|first=Joe|last=Donahue|date=24 May 2012|website=Wamc.org}}</ref> featuring a foreword by noted author [[Barbara Ehrenreich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sparkaction.org/content/peoples-guide-federal-budget|title=A People's Guide to the Federal Budget|website=Sparkaction.org}}</ref>

The group also focuses on issues such as taxation, government debt, and the openness of governmental actions. Moreover, it examines federal expenditures on defense, education, healthcare, and various other social initiatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalpriorities.org/works-on/|title=Our Work|website=Nationalpriorities.org}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.nationalpriorities.org/}}

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[[Category:Community organizing]]
[[Category:Economic advocacy groups in the United States]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1983]]

National Priorities Project - Revision history

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