The Government Accountability Office has issued a new analysis of the long-term fiscal outlook. Under a scenario with realistic assumptions about revenues and spending, GAO projected that by 2020, debt held by the public as a share of GDP would…
Congress has established the maximum amount of debt the government can issue. Unless it is raised, this statutory debt limit of $14.294 trillion will soon be exceeded. At the end of October, debt subject to this limit was just $677…
Intergenerational fairness was in the spotlight recently as The Concord Coalition’s Fiscal Solutions Tour arrived at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In two programs on Oct. 22, tour speakers encouraged college students as well as older Americans to become…
As the chair of The Concord Coalition’s Youth Advisory Board, I am always looking for opportunities to highlight why issues of fiscal sustainability and entitlement reform most significantly impact today’s young Americans and future generations. So when Sara Imhof, Concord’s…
