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
Concord Action Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux today released the following statement in response to fiscal issues being ignored in Maine’s first U.S. Senate debate on Tuesday evening: “The U.S. Senator that Mainers elect in less than a month will have to deal with a likely fiscal crisis caused by our ever-growing $40 trillion national debt, rising interest rates and looming across-the-board Social Security cuts triggered by its insolvency in 2032. It’s extremely disappointing that these vital issues weren’t even mentioned…
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As Maine U.S. Senate Debates Begin, Fiscal Issues Should Take Center Stage
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ICYMI: Carolyn Bourdeaux Tells Marketplace Higher Interest Rates Could Add Trillions to National Debt
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House Budget Committee Hearing (9.21.26)
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Carolyn Bourdeaux Op-ed: Republicans talk about the national debt. It’s up to progressives to fix it.
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Concord Action: “Checks for Votes is Among Worst Uses of Money We Don’t Have”
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The Concord Coalition Debt Clock Tour Rolls Through North Carolina
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Concord Action Advisors Say New Hampshire Candidates Should Tell Voters How They Would Confront $40 Trillion Debt
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Fiscal Experts to Tackle Health Care Costs and $40 Trillion National Debt at Emory
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.
