One of the best ways to understand -- and explain -- the country’s fiscal difficulties is to look at what we can expect to pay in interest on the rising national debt.After all, people know that if they run up…
In the midst of a “bleak” time for the nation’s long-term finances, Phil LaRue, The Concord Coalition’s director of government relations, recently noted three small signs of fiscal life in Washington.The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Social Security and…
As Congress settles into a near seven-week recess, it seems increasingly likely that a stopgap Continuing Resolution (CR) will be needed before the Sept. 30 deadline for legislative action to keep government services operating. The likelihood of a CR has…
The United States faces an ever-changing landscape of national security challenges, from ISIS violence to concerns about recent Russian and Chinese actions. Such challenges call for “long-term defense planning, the careful setting of priorities, and new policies to replace old…
