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WASHINGTON – The Concord Coalition said today that the deficit reduction framework released by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, bipartisan co-chairs of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, is a very promising start to the difficult decision-making…

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…

College students around Wisconsin heard different perspectives on the federal budget this month at a forum that featured two members of President Obama’s fiscal commission: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, and Andy Stern, former…

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…

Last week the Department of the Treasury released final budget numbers for Fiscal Year 2010, showing that it ended with a deficit of $1.3 trillion. This is $122 billion less than the preceding year, but still one of the highest…

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…

Political candidates talk a lot about cutting waste and questionable spending on programs that make up only a small part of the federal budget.But Concord Executive Director Robert Bixby points out in a new op-ed article that the growing costs…

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,…