Our Unsustainable Debt
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America’s national debt is now over $40 trillion. That’s more than $117,000 for every person in America. Learn how we got here and where we are headed if we don’t act now.
The Latest
Aug 25, 2026
(Arlington, Va. - August 25, 2026) In the days since the U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion, Concord Action advocates have sent over 2,900 letters to their members of Congress, urging lawmakers to confront the country’s worsening fiscal outlook. View Concord’s grassroots action alert here. This comes on top of over 450,000 letters from Concord’s grassroots activists to Congress demanding fiscal responsibility over the past year. At $40 trillion, the national debt equals nearly $117,000 for every man, woman 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.