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Facing The Future

Narrow Margins Call for Compromise

Jan 6, 2021
Special Guest: Bob Bixby, Tim Penny
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On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Concord Coalition Executive Director, Bob Bixby, and former Congressman from Minnesota, Tim Penny. We discussed challenges facing the incoming Biden administration and the new Congress as we begin 2021,…
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Facing The Future

Health Spans, Life Spans, and Health Care Costs

Dec 23, 2020
Special Guest: Richard Jackson, Bob Bixby, Tori Gorman
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On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Richard Jackson, president and founder of the Global Aging Institute, Concord Coalition Executive Director, Bob Bixby, and Concord's Policy Director, Tori Gorman. We discussed Jackson's issue brief on whether health…
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Facing The Future

Relief for the Vulnerable and Biden’s First Budget

Nov 25, 2020
Special Guest: Bob Bixby, Tori Gorman, Phil Sletten
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On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Concord Coalition Executive Director, Bob Bixby, Policy Director, Tori Gorman, and Phil Sletten, senior policy analyst at the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute. We discussed how the most vulnerable populations…
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Facing The Future

No Time to Hang Up Your Hats

Sep 9, 2020
Special Guest: Jon Lieber, Bob Bixby, Tori Gorman
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On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Jon Lieber, managing director at the Eurasia Group, Concord Coalition Executive Director, Bob Bixby and Concord's Policy Director, Tori Gorman. We discussed the Congressional Budget Office’s recently updated budget baseline,…
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Facing The Future

When This is Over

Apr 22, 2020
Special Guest: Gene Steuerle, Tori Gorman
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On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Gene Steuerle, a fellow at the Urban Institute and Concord Coalition Policy Director, Tori Gorman. We discussed when pay-fors should be considered for economic-relief packages passed by Congress, when policymakers…
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Facing The Future

Opportunity Costs and Heroic Assumptions

Feb 12, 2020
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and Diane Lim, Economist Mom and director of outreach and senior advisor at the Penn Wharton Budget Model, joined the latest Facing the Future to discuss President Trump’s budget proposal, the opportunity costs…
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Facing The Future

Building the Workforce

Dec 18, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Dr. Robert Lerman
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On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and Urban Institute Fellow Dr. Robert Lerman joined me to discuss Dr. Lerman’s recent publication focused on workforce development that also increases economic growth, “Training for Jobs of the…
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Facing The Future

Fixing US?

Dec 11, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Mike Murphy
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On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and Mike Murphy, chief of staff and director of strategic initiatives at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, joined me to discuss CRFB's latest initiative “FixUS," which is…
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Facing The Future

New CBO Report Shows Bigger Deficits

Aug 28, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby
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On the latest Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby returned to the program to discuss the Congressional Budget Office’s recently released Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029 and to provide some insight…
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Facing The Future

Paying for a Progressive Budget

Jul 31, 2019
Special Guest: Ben Ritz
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During the most recent Facing the Future, Ben Ritz, director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Center for Funding America’s Future, joined me to discuss PPI’s latest policy proposal, “A Progressive Budget for Equitable Growth.” The blueprint addresses a variety of…
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Facing The Future

Good Compromise, Bad Compromise

Jul 24, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Josh Gordon
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During the most recent Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and Policy Director Josh Gordon joined me to discuss action by Congress on the so-called “Cadillac Tax” within the Affordable Care Act and the news that…
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Facing The Future

Termites in the Walls

Jul 10, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Phil Smith
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During the most recent Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and National Field Director Phil Smith joined me to discuss Concord's updated election-issue guide for voters and presidential candidates, the Congressional Budget Office June budget review…
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