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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 spending cuts and revenue increases,...

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CBO Update Casts Doubt on Campaign Rhetoric
7 Sep, 2010 - Issue Brief
With its August update of the Budget and Economic Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has thrown sand into the political gears of both parties as they hone their fiscal policy arguments for the November elections. Based on CBO’s analysis, permanent deficit-financed tax cuts are not... Read More
Concord Coalition Says CBO Report Shows Need to Re-examine Fiscal Priorities
19 Aug, 2010 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today called new federal budget projections an alarming reminder of the need for Washington to set better priorities and resist the temptation to dig the government into even deeper trouble with more deficit-financed spending and tax cuts.Based on today’s budget... Read More
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Statement on PAYGO
4 Feb, 2010 - Special Publication
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/Statement_On_PAYGO.pdf
There has been much debate this week about the President’s proposed three-year spending freeze on non-security programs and a fiscal commission to tackle the long-term structural deficit. These are good ideas that may or may not pan out as the year progresses. But there is one thing the House of... Read More
Concord Coalition Says CBO Projections Reaffirm the Need for PAYGO, Spending Caps and a Fiscal Commission
26 Jan, 2010 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that new projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reinforce the need for statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules, tight spending caps and a bipartisan fiscal commission to recommend policy changes that would be given an up-or-down vote in... Read More
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Concord Coalition Supports Statutory PAYGO But Cautions Against Large Exemptions
9 Jun, 2009 - Press Release
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... Read More
Concord Coalition Applauds Paygo in Budget Resolution, but Warns that Projected Surplus Requires Hard Choices
17 May, 2007 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that the Congressional Budget Resolution to be voted on in the House and Senate this week would help restore fiscal discipline by applying a deficit neutral "pay-as-you-go" (paygo) standard to all entitlement expansion and tax cut legislation and by... Read More
Concord Coalition says that Deficit Outlook Justifies Return to "Pay-As-You-Go" Rule for Tax Cuts and Spending
13 Mar, 2005 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- As the House and Senate debate their respective versions of the Fiscal Year 2006 budget resolutions, The Concord Coalition today urged them to combat the threat of growing deficits by adopting strong enforcement mechanisms - including a “pay-as-you-go” rule (PAYGO) for tax cuts... Read More