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The Trump administration unveiled its long-awaited infrastructure plan with great fanfare last month. While the nation has many infrastructure needs, however, the plan seems to be generating little interest in Washington. It’s not hard to see why. While the administration…

How should Washington start getting its fiscal house in order? At “Budget on Tap,” members of the Concord Young Professionals Network (CYPN) in New Hampshire wrestled with that question while participating in a budget exercise called “Debt Busters.” Approximately 40…

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich and former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny warned Friday that irresponsible fiscal policies are jeopardizing the nation’s future, but the two former congressional colleagues also pointed towards a number of possible solutions. (more…)

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition will present a panel discussion Friday, Feb. 23, at the National Press Club in Washington entitled “Fiscal Freefall: When Will It Stop?” The noon program will feature Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich, a Republican who served…

WASHINGTON -- President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2019 falls far short of what is needed to put the nation’s finances on a sustainable path, particularly in light of the deficit-financed spending and tax breaks that he and Congress approved…

In The Daily Reflector (North Carolina). Anyone in Congress might be able to produce a sensible federal budget and cut the national debt — if they didn’t have to answer to their constituents. That was the hard lesson a group…

In WITN (North Carolina) Greenville, N.C. -- From the stock market, to budget deals the country's finances are a big conversation right now. Students got a visit from an Eastern Carolina Congressman, who spoke to them as they worked to find…

When 2017 began the nation had a new Congress, a new president and an old problem: debt on an unsustainable path. One year later, the new Congress and the new president have done nothing to address the old problem. In…