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Simpson, Bowles Again Show Path to No-Nonsense Budget
17 May, 2013 - Special Publication

This guest column in the Billings Gazette was written by Paul Hansen, western states regional director for The Concord Coalition.


 

It is time for both Republicans and Democrats in Washington to make a deal to fix the nation’s debt.

The new budget plan recently released by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles once again demonstrates that it is possible, through a mix of...

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Adrift Without a Compass; The Improving Health of the Elderly: No Magic Bullet for Medicare; and Fiscal Indicators
14 May, 2006 - Facing Facts
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/FacingFacts-060515.pdf
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Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: An Analysis of the President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget
27 Feb, 2006 - Issue Brief
On February 6th, President Bush unveiled his budget for the 2007 fiscal year. This issue brief evaluates the President’s budget based on The Concord Coalition’s Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense. These criteria, which were established to help sort through the strengths and weaknesses of deficit... Read More
Concord Coalition Releases Analysis of President's Budget, Says Budget Falls Short of Criteria for Fiscal Sense
24 Feb, 2006 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- With Congress continuing its review of the President's budget and beginning work on the fiscal year 2007 budget resolution, The Concord Coalition issued an analysis of the President's fiscal year 2007 budget. The analysis is based on The Concord Coalition's "Seven Signs... Read More
Concord Coalition Says President's Budget Does Not Make Realistic Tradeoffs
6 Feb, 2006 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget takes an appropriately hard line on spending, but its claim to result in significant deficit reduction relies on budgetary gimmicks that understate likely expenses and overstate likely revenue.... Read More
Concord Coalition Outlines Criteria for Evaluating President Bush's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget
3 Feb, 2006 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- Today, The Concord Coalition issued its preview of the President's budget: “The Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: What to Look for in the President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget.” The issue brief closely examines both the rhetoric and reality of the President's stated fiscal policies,... Read More
Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: What to Look for in the President's Budget
3 Feb, 2006 - Issue Brief
On Monday February 6, President Bush will unveil his Fiscal Year 2007 budget. A thorough evaluation of how it all adds up must await the details, but based on proposals outlined by the President in his State of the Union Address as well as statements by other administration officials, it is... Read More
The CBO January Baseline: A Deceptively Benign Outlook
1 Feb, 2006 - Issue Brief
The outlook for the federal budget is deceptively benign under the January 2006 baseline assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In its latest 10-year projections, CBO describes a budget that will reach balance in 2012 and stay balanced through 2016, the end of the projection period... Read More
Concord Coalition Releases "Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense"; Says Congress Should Quit While It's Ahead on the Deficit
19 Dec, 2005 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- With Congress nearing completion of the fiscal year 2006 spending "reconciliation" bill, The Concord Coalition said that enactment of the bill would result in a modest amount of deficit reduction, but only if the savings are not erased by pending tax cuts that Congress... Read More
Concord Coalition Leaders Call for a Realistic Deficit Reduction Plan
9 Dec, 2005 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- In a full-page statement in this Sunday's New York Times (December 11, 2005), bipartisan leaders of The Concord Coalition urge elected leaders “to put the national interests ahead of partisan or parochial interests and develop a specific and realistic plan to put the country on a... Read More
The Fiscal Lessons of Katrina; A Free Appetizer on the Social Security Menu and Fiscal Indicators
9 Nov, 2005 - Facing Facts
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/FFQuarterly-1-3.pdf
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