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Increasing The Debt Limit

Aug 14, 2009

Last Friday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sent a letter to Congress requesting an increase in the statutory debt limit. In the letter, Geithner noted:"It is critically important that Congress act before the limit is reached so that citizens and investors…

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CBO: The Health Reform Slopes Don’t Add Up

Jul 30, 2009

The Congressional Budget Office once again validates some intuition many of us had about health care reform: when you have health costs rising much faster than the economy is growing, a package that expands coverage but is unwilling to tax…

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The President’s Words

Jul 24, 2009

While the President's press conference Wednesday night got a lot of attention and focused substantially on health care, he also did an interview with Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt earlier in the day. (more…)

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The Can’t-We-Do-Better Blue Dogs

Jul 22, 2009

In today’s Washington Post, Harold Meyerson complains that the centrist “Blue Dog” Democrats have a “can’t do” attitude when it comes to health care reform: (more…)

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Aging, Costs, and Interaction

Jun 30, 2009

It has almost become axiomatic that growing health care costs, rather than population aging, is the overwhelming cause of a projected spike in federal spending. That notion was dispelled in CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook published last week. As explained in…

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PAYGO is Simple: Just Pay for What You Want!

Jun 25, 2009

After reading this post, hopefully all of our loyal readers will finally understand the simplicity and beauty of the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) concept. (more…)

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Youth Conference Produces Plan For Action On Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

Jun 17, 2009

On June 15 and June 16, The Concord Coalition and the Youth Entitlements Summit (YES) hosted a two-day conference in Washington, D.C with support from The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The conference brought together youth leaders and organizations and created…

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Statutory PAYGO Important But Not Cure All

Jun 9, 2009

Today, President Obama held a press conference with Congressional leaders to announce his support for enactment of a statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budgeting rule. (more…)

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Concord Coalition Supports Statutory PAYGO But Cautions Against Large Exemptions

Jun 9, 2009

The Concord Coalition today reiterated its support for enacting statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules, particularly in light of proposals to expand the federal government’s health care commitments. Concord warned, however, that the Obama Administration’s PAYGO proposal would exempt $3.5 trillion of…

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Obama Treasury Describes the Bush/Obama Tax Cuts

Jun 5, 2009

I looked at the Treasury Department’s “green book” on the Administration’s revenue proposals only a few days ago, curious to see how the Bush (soon-to-be Obama) tax cuts would be described, considering that they comprise the single most costly policy…

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Concerns Mount Regarding Fiscal Responsibility

Jun 4, 2009

Both Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner have been vocal this week regarding the need to rein in our growing federal budget deficits as the economy begins to recover and work to confront the structural fiscal…

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Krugman agrees with the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour (not that he wants to)

May 26, 2009

In Nobel-prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's column Monday, he makes an interesting point about California's budget woes that supports much of what The Concord Coalition's message has been for the last three years traveling the…

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Increasing The Debt Limit

CBO: The Health Reform Slopes Don’t Add Up

The President’s Words

The Can’t-We-Do-Better Blue Dogs

Aging, Costs, and Interaction

PAYGO is Simple: Just Pay for What You Want!

Youth Conference Produces Plan For Action On Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

Statutory PAYGO Important But Not Cure All

Concord Coalition Supports Statutory PAYGO But Cautions Against Large Exemptions

Obama Treasury Describes the Bush/Obama Tax Cuts

Concerns Mount Regarding Fiscal Responsibility

Krugman agrees with the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour (not that he wants to)

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