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Trump’s Budget: Rosy or Realistic?

Mar 18, 2019
Special Guest: Diane Lim
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During the latest “Economist Mom” segment on Facing the Future, Diane Lim said that President Trump’s proposed budget is not likely to spark needed fiscal reform efforts. “I think that those efforts have to start in a bipartisan way in…
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Shutdown Ends, Bad Fiscal Policy Continues

Feb 1, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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Diane Lim discusses the end of the government’s longest shutdown and the new 10-year outlook from the Congressional Budget Office in the latest “Economist Mom” segment on Facing the Future. “I think what helped end the shutdown was how unpopular…
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State of the (Fiscal) Union

Jan 18, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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In the latest “Economist Mom” segment on Facing the Future, Diane Lim discusses the partial government shutdown and the state of the nation’s fiscal policies, handing out poor grades to Congress and discussing what President Trump should tell the nation…
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Economist Mom: Are You Scrooge or Santa?

Dec 24, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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“It would be nice if, in the long term, we actually paid for the government that we want,” says economist Diane Lim. The latest Facing the Future features Lim and Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby in another “Economist…
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Divided Government and Citizen Journalists

Nov 20, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby
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“We could be facing an even more tense face-off between the two parties on spending and taxes” as the result of the recent congressional elections, says Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition. On the latest “Facing the…
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Economist Mom Explains Obama Era Fiscal and Economic Policy

Nov 13, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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Having entered the White House in the midst of the Great Recession, then President Obama spent much of his time in office trying to deal with the weakened economy. Tax cuts and stimulus spending measures contributed to high federal deficits…
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Defend or Defund Our Future?

Oct 23, 2018
Special Guest: Shai Akabas, Robert Bixby, Ben Ritz
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“Most people recognize the fact that we have a major challenge in America today,” says Shai Akabas of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). “People are living longer and it is getting more and more difficult to save for retirement.” In…
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Stealth Spending on Autopilot

Oct 8, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Phil Smith
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“People are arguing about spending bills and they do involve a lot of money and they are important, but the stealth spending spree ... often goes overlooked,” says Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby. Bixby joined the latest “Facing…
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Welcoming ‘Economist Mom’

Oct 2, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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The latest “Facing the Future”  introduced a semi-monthly segment entitled “Economist Mom,” with Diane Lim, a principal at District Economics Group and former chief economist for The Concord Coalition. Lim wrote the Economist Mom blog when she was with Concord.…
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Greased Wheels Move Some Appropriations, But Deficits Growing

Sep 17, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Steve Winn, Mike Murphy
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In the most recent episode of “Facing the Future,” the show returned to its usual format after concluding its New Hampshire candidate interview series. Steve Winn, Concord’s communications director, joined the program to discuss the shrinking share of the federal…
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Candidates on the Issues: Deaglan McEachern

Jul 24, 2018
Special Guest: Deaglan McEachern
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The Concord Coalition’s “Facing the Future” program is kicking off a series of interviews with Sept. 11 primary candidates in New Hampshire’s First and Second Congressional Districts. The program originates on WKXL NH Talk Radio in Concord, New Hampshire. Republican…
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Elected Leaders, It’s Irresponsible to Ignore the Debt

Jul 17, 2018
Special Guest: Chris Shays
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“It is totally irresponsible that nobody is focusing on the debt, because it is our biggest problem,” said former Congressman Chris Shays. Shays joined me on “Facing the Future” to discuss how being a candidate and a member of Congress…
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