#Commissions

A bipartisan majority on the President's fiscal commission has surprised skeptics and pleased deficit hawks by supporting a credible, comprehensive plan to reduce federal deficits and repair the big entitlement programs.The plan would cut the deficit to 2.3 percent of…

By now we've seen a number of proposals for fiscal sustainability from groups with very different perspectives. (more…)

WASHINGTON – The Concord Coalition today praised the plan released by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairs of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and called on other members of the panel to give it their full…

As the country awaits the final recommendations of the President's fiscal commission, it is worth noting that several other substantive deficit-reduction plans have been released in recent months.The plans offer a wide range of revenue, spending and budget-process options developed…

My least favorite argument in deficit reduction debates is that a particular option can’t be chosen because it is too unpopular. If that criterion is strictly applied, we might as well fold our tents and wait for the inevitable fiscal crisis…

A bipartisan panel offered a plan last week to curb federal deficits through a mix of spending caps, tax reform, changes in Social Security and Medicare. For a short-term economic boost, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Debt Reduction Task Force, chaired…

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…

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…