Concord Action marked Fiscal New Year’s Eve on Sept. 30 with a virtual town hall examining how the nation reached $40 trillion in debt and what can be done nex The discussion brought together Brookings Institution budget and tax fellow…
(Arlington, Va. - September 28, 2026) - Concord Coalition Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux joined Marketplace to discuss new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections showing how higher interest rates could significantly increase federal borrowing costs and add to the national debt.…
Republicans talk about the national debt. It’s up to progressives to fix it. By Carolyn Bourdeaux In 2017, when I began my first campaign for Congress in Georgia, I sat down with a room full of passionate young people to…
(Arlington Va. - July 8, 2026) - Concord Action hosted an America 250 virtual town hall yesterday featuring Jessica Riedl, Budget and Tax Fellow at the Brookings Institution. The event covered the urgent need to take action on the national…
Click here to watch the segment now Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux joined Soledad O’Brien on Matter of Fact for an engaging discussion on the national debt, fiscal responsibility, current strategies, and potential solutions. Bourdeaux discussed the consequences of rising deficits,…
We’ve all heard that if you put a frog in boiling water it will jump out, but if you put a frog in warm water and slowly turn up the heat it will stay put until boiled to death. That…
As long as there is a positive balance in the trust funds, the Treasury secretary has both the authority and the obligation to make scheduled trust fund payments. Even though Congress intended to prohibit the use of the Social Security…
President Biden unveiled his budget on Thursday, a $6.9 trillion proposal that would include spending on his long-standing pledges like universal preschool, paid leave and more childcare funding. Over the longer term, the White House says Biden's plan would reduce the deficit,…
