Our Unsustainable Debt
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America’s national debt is now over $39 trillion. That’s more than $114,000 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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Jul 15, 2026
(Arlington Va. - July 15, 2026) - Following the release of a roughly $95 billion House Republican spending framework - with no offsets - Concord Action is calling on lawmakers to show how they will pay for the package before moving forward. Concord Action Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux said the following: “Really we should start calling these bills what they are: ‘intergenerational theft.’ Reconciliation bills are supposed to reduce the deficit not increase it. Reconciliation bills are also not supposed…
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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.