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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…

By the end of the week, the political landscape in Washington will have changed. We will have a new Congress and attention will quickly turn to the 2012 presidential contest. Yet, regardless of who ends up in charge of Congress,…

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…

Earlier this month in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, experts on the federal budget emphasized the need for public engagement, long-range thinking and a range of policy changes to meet the country’s fiscal challenges.“We can’t solve this problem doing just one thing,”…

Once again, the Congressional budget process broke down this year. The fiscal year ended last month without Congress passing a budget resolution or a single appropriations bill for the new fiscal year. Cliff Isenberg, chief budget counsel for The Concord…

The Social Security Administration announced on Friday that for the second year in a row there would be no cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for 2011. Why not? As the SSA explains, this is a straightforward, non-political determination based…

Residents of a state accustomed to vetting presidential candidates demonstrated a strong interest last week in more responsible federal budget policies, showing up in force for programs focused on possible solutions to the nation's fiscal challenges.The programs in Des Moines,…

Prominent on the long list of unfinished business in Congress was confirmation of the President's nomination of Jack Lew to head the Office of Management and Budget. Two Senate committees with jurisdiction over the nomination held public hearings and promptly…