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Defense Spending: How Much Is Needed?

Nov 27, 2018

A bipartisan commission recently released a report filled with alarming language about the country’s ability to defend itself against China, Russia and other threats. “The security and well-being of the United States are at greater risk than at any time…

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Proposals Fall Short on Budget Process Reform

Nov 19, 2018

Amid bipartisan frustration over the federal budget process, Congress early this year created a special committee to develop reforms that could enable lawmakers to pass spending bills on schedule and in a more effective and thoughtful manner. There were high…

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Hard Budget Work Awaits Lame Duck and New Congress

Nov 12, 2018

Returning to Washington this week, Congress and President Trump face a pile of leftover budget work that they should try to complete with a greater sense of fiscal responsibility than they have shown in the recent past. Even if the…

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Election Winners Must Come to Grips With Fiscal Challenges

Nov 5, 2018

Congressional candidates have said little, if anything, about the federal government’s deteriorating finances. When the winners turn their attention to legislating, however, they will find that ignoring the problem did not make it go away. The first budget they are…

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A Shell Game on Military Spending

Oct 29, 2018

Since 2001 the Defense Department has received $2.2 trillion in special funding that has been on top of the basic defense budgets that Congress has approved through regular annual appropriations. That amounts to 20 percent of total defense appropriations over…

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Budget Rhetoric Brings Heat But No Light

Oct 23, 2018

The Treasury Department’s final report for Fiscal Year 2018, showing a 17 percent ($113 billion) jump in the deficit, has drawn new attention to the nation’s worsening fiscal position and injected the issue into the midterm congressional campaigns. The sobering…

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Seven Reasons to Worry About High Federal Deficits

Oct 22, 2018

How do high and rising federal deficits hurt ordinary Americans? With the Treasury Department’s recent announcement that the deficit had climbed to $779 billion in the fiscal year that just ended -- a 17 percent increase over the previous year…

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Despite Strong Economy, an Alarming Increase in the Federal Deficit

Oct 15, 2018

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today warned that the rapidly rising federal budget deficit -- totaling nearly $779 billion in Fiscal Year 2018 -- reflects a structural gap between spending and revenues that is largely ignored in Washington even as…

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As Benefits Increase, Social Security Remains on Unsustainable Path

Oct 12, 2018

Social Security benefits for more than 67 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent next year, the federal government announced yesterday. The increase, which is tied to the government’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), is the highest in seven years. While older Americans…

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Troubling Increase in Federal Deficit

Oct 8, 2018

The federal deficit for Fiscal 2018 totaled $782 billion, an increase of $116 billion over the previous fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated late last week. While those numbers are troubling enough, they get even worse when shifts…

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Fed Chair Warns of Risk in High Deficits

Oct 5, 2018

With the federal deficit projected to exceed $1 trillion in Fiscal 2020, many economists worry that Washington’s heavy borrowing to cut taxes and increase spending could make it more difficult to counteract the next economic downturn. At an event this…

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Area Residents to Try Cutting Federal Deficits at Oct. 4 Program at Humphrey School

Oct 2, 2018

Students, educators and other residents of the Minneapolis and St. Paul area will try to develop plans to reduce federal deficits in an interactive exercise this Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. The “Principles and Priorities”…

The Latest

Defense Spending: How Much Is Needed?

Proposals Fall Short on Budget Process Reform

Hard Budget Work Awaits Lame Duck and New Congress

Election Winners Must Come to Grips With Fiscal Challenges

A Shell Game on Military Spending

Budget Rhetoric Brings Heat But No Light

Seven Reasons to Worry About High Federal Deficits

Despite Strong Economy, an Alarming Increase in the Federal Deficit

As Benefits Increase, Social Security Remains on Unsustainable Path

Troubling Increase in Federal Deficit

Fed Chair Warns of Risk in High Deficits

Area Residents to Try Cutting Federal Deficits at Oct. 4 Program at Humphrey School

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