A House subcommittee heard testimony last week about the possibility of relying on a more accurate measure of inflation for the tax code and cost-of-living adjustments in federal benefits, an idea that The Concord Coalition and many economists support.Use of…
Is the federal budget heading for unsustainable deficits or unsustainable surpluses?It all depends on the long-term assumptions, as Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby explains in a new blog post that examines contrasting projections from the Government Accountability Office…
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Obama’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2014 provides a credible framework for the bipartisan negotiations that are needed to curb the growth of the federal debt over the next decade and…
Annual inflation increases are an important part of many government programs, including Social Security. Inflation protection is also provided in many parts of the tax code. But several advocates of fiscal reform – including the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal…
