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The case for broad reforms in the federal income tax has been bolstered by a recent projection that special provisions known as “tax expenditures” will drain $1.5 trillion from federal revenue this year. That figure, up from $1.2 trillion last…

President Obama released his proposed budget for Fiscal 2016 Monday, setting the stage for a vigorous debate on the right mix of spending and tax policies needed to put the nation’s finances on a sustainable path. The $4 trillion budget…

When you run for president, don’t run from the debt. That’s the message to 2016 presidential candidates that is highlighted in a recent guest column in the Des Moines Register by Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition,…

Sylvia Burwell, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), set official goals this week for transforming the Medicare payment system from being based on quantity (fee-for-service) to being based on quality. The goal is to have 85 percent of payments…

New federal budget projections show that under current law $7.6 trillion could be added to the nation’s debt over the coming decade -- or perhaps as much as $9.5 trillion, if more realistic assumptions are made about future policy decisions.…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections show why the Congress and President Obama must try to move forward on fiscal reforms wherever possible in the coming year. (more…)

The withdrawal of most American troops in Afghanistan and emerging threats elsewhere in the world leave lawmakers with important decisions to make on war funding. A recent Congressional Research Service report estimates the government has spent $1.6 trillion on war-related…

After short-sighted funding cuts and a “devastating erosion of taxpayer service” in the last few years, most calls to the IRS for information this year are likely to go unanswered. That alarming news comes from National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E.…