Concord’s Bourdeaux: “Congress cannot pay lip service to this milestone today and then simply return to business as usual tomorrow.” (Arlington, VA - 8.19.2026) - The U.S. national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion, a staggering milestone equal to nearly…
This week marks the 91st anniversary of Social Security, a program that has provided retirement and disability income to generations of Americans. However, the Social Security trustees recently released their annual report, and the news is troubling. Barring significant congressional…
(Arlington, Va. - Aug. 14, 2026) – On the 91st anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act, Concord Action Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux released the following statement: “For 91 years, Social Security represented a promise between generations.…
(Arlington, VA - Aug. 8, 2026) - Concord Action Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux released the following statement in response to U.S. Senate approval of a short-term stopgap spending bill that avoids tough decisions and instead punts their legally mandated…
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…
(Arlington, Va. - Aug. 5, 2026) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee met Wednesday to examine the PROMISE Act and other proposals for addressing Social Security’s rapidly approaching financial deadline. Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to be depleted…
As Medicare marks its 61st anniversary, it’s a timely moment to reflect on how this cornerstone program has evolved, not only in the lives it touches but also in its share of the federal budget. Since its inception, Medicare has…
(Arlington, Va. - July 31, 2026) - Fox News published an op-ed today by Concord Action and Concord Coalition Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux marking Medicare’s 61st anniversary and examining nine years of unanswered warnings about the program’s finances. In…
(Arlington, Va. - July 28, 2026) - Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), will present CRFB’s Fiscal State of the Nation at Concord Action’s 2027 National Citizens Debt Summit, taking place March 2-4 in…
(July 29, 2026 - Arlington, Va.) - As the national debt continues to climb closer to $40 trillion, Concord Action is expanding its field team to expand the call to act on our unsustainable debt to more communities, recruit new…
(Dublin, Ga. - July 24, 2026) - With the national debt projected to reach $40 trillion this fall, Concord Action National Field Director Phil Smith joined the Dublin Rotary Club Friday to explain how the country reached this point and…
