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The Concord Coalition has updated its popular collection of educational exercises that highlight the importance of fiscal responsibility and the choices that must be made to put the country on a more responsible course.These exercises put some of the most…

As elected officials weighed reforms that could put the federal budget on a sustainable track, the AARP last week reiterated its opposition to even including Social Security and Medicare in the discussion. The organization’s recent explanations for what appears to…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released projections this week that serve as a reminder of the importance of the deficit reduction committee’s work and the need for it to exceed the $1.2 trillion target necessary to avoid automatic spending cuts.GAO…

Last week, AARP doubled-down on its insistence that Social Security and Medicare benefits should be off the table in negotiations to stabilize the nation’s debt. (more…)

The Department of the Treasury has released final budget numbers for Fiscal Year 2011, which show that it ended with a deficit of $1.3 trillion -- about the same as the previous year.This marked the third fiscal year in a…

President Obama said Monday he would seek congressional approval of “bite-sized pieces” of his $447 billion plan to bolster the economy after a Senate vote last week blocked the package as a whole, along with a provision Democrats had added…

WASHINGTON – The Concord Coalition said today that a new ad campaign by AARP is misleading, divisive and an abdication of responsible leadership. At a critical moment, when hard decisions must be made about our nation’s future, AARP is demanding…

Last week Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Al.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Me.) introduced the “Honest Budget Act,” which proposes a number of fiscally responsible reforms to the budget process.The bill would strengthen the budget point of order preventing consideration of appropriations bills…