Our Unsustainable Debt
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America’s national debt is now over $38 trillion. That’s more than $111,000 for every person in America. Learn how we got here and where we are headed if we don’t act now.
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Concord Action welcomes a variety of viewpoints on issues related to the long-term fiscal health of the nation. The following is a guest essay written by Concord Fiscal Lookout Owen Paepke who is the author of The Evolution of Progress (named best nonfiction book of 1993 by NPR’s Talk of the Nation) and has written and spoken widely on technology and science policy. He lives in Arizona, where he practiced for many years as an attorney specializing in antitrust and…
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Who We Are
Concord Action
Concord Action is a growing grassroots movement of Americans who care deeply about our economy and fiscal outlook. Our supporters worry that America’s unsustainable national debt is contributing to inflation, driving higher interest rates, threatening our security and creating an unfair burden for our future. We believe we must change course before our country is bankrupt.
Stand with us to demand lawmakers stop adding to our unsustainable debt.
