#National Debt

Example isn’t the main thing in influencing others – it is the only thing. – Albert Schweitzer Increasingly alarmed by the nation’s deteriorating fiscal outlook and the failure of our political system to produce timely, common sense solutions, some state…

Congratulations to the Election Day winners. So what do Tuesday's results mean for the fiscal outlook? Think of it this way. If the country is on an unsustainable fiscal path, which it is, and if continued partisan bickering will not…

This is Part I of a two-part series of posts on the presidential candidates' fiscal policies. Part II examines President Obama's plans. As election day approaches, it is appropriate to look at what we know and what we don’t know…

The Fix the Debt campaign has announced the formation of its CEO Council, a group of more than 100 business leaders who are part of the campaign’s efforts “to raise public awareness about America’s out-of-control national debt and urge policymakers…

Executives at 15 of the nation’s largest financial companies are urging Washington to act quickly to avoid the year-end “fiscal cliff” while also taking “concrete steps to restore the United States’ long-term fiscal footing.”“The consequences of inaction – for stability…

The federal deficit for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 totaled $1.089 trillion, about $207 billion smaller than in the previous year but the fourth consecutive deficit of more than a trillion dollars. The government took in $2.449 trillion…

The latest version of The Concord Coalition’s “Federal Budget Challenge” has been online for only two weeks, yet the game has been played by more than 5,000 people from almost half of the states in the nation. Players examine over…

Reviewing the dismal state of federal finances last week, two current members of Congress and two former lawmakers emphasized both the urgency of reform and some of the obstacles that must be overcome.They offered their thoughts during a panel discussion…