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Tax Cuts are Easy. Offsets are Hard.
Facing The Future

Tax Cuts are Easy. Offsets are Hard.

Jun 26, 2025
Special Guest: Andrew Lautz, Associate Director for Economic Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center
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Too Many Tax Cuts; Not Enough Offsets
Facing The Future

Too Many Tax Cuts; Not Enough Offsets

May 15, 2025
Special Guest: Marc Goldwein, Senior Vice President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB)
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Assessing the Risks of Rising Debt
Facing The Future

Assessing the Risks of Rising Debt

May 1, 2025
Special Guest: Ben Harris, Vice President and Director of Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
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No Simple Solutions for Unsustainable Debt
Facing The Future

No Simple Solutions for Unsustainable Debt

Apr 10, 2025
Special Guest: Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
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Bonus Episode: Full Interview with Rep. Schweikert (R-AZ)
Facing The Future

Bonus Episode: Full Interview with Rep. Schweikert (R-AZ)

Apr 7, 2025
Special Guest: Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
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Deficit Fix Requires Hard Choices Not Gimmicks
Facing The Future

Deficit Fix Requires Hard Choices Not Gimmicks

Mar 13, 2025
Special Guest: Douglas Elmendorf, Former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
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Facing The Future

CBO Long Term Budget Outlook: Rising Deficits, Debt, and Economic Challenges

Aug 3, 2022
Special Guest: Dr. Philip Swagel. Steve Robinson, Tori Gorman
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This week on Facing the Future, we welcomed back Dr. Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to give us more insight and analysis following the CBO’s release of its annual long-term budget outlook last week. The Concord Coalition’s chief economist Steve…
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Facing The Future

Making the ‘Case’ in Congress for Fiscal Discipline

Jul 20, 2022
Special Guest: Ed Case, Phil Smith, Tori Gorman
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This week on Facing the Future, we spoke with Representative Ed Case of Hawaii, a leader of the House Blue Dog Coalition, about his sometimes lonely job of convincing his colleagues in both parties to pay for the programs they…
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Facing The Future

Budget Reconciliation Package for Biden Domestic Agenda Faces Challenges

Jul 15, 2022
Special Guest: Tori Gorman, Steve Robinson
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This week on Facing the Future, we once again prove the old adage that if you don’t like the way the political winds are blowing in Washington DC, just wait 5 minutes. In this case, our program this week focused…
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Facing The Future

Social Security and Medicare Creep Towards Insolvency

Jun 15, 2022
Special Guest: Av Harris, Tori Gorman, Steve Robinson
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This week on Facing the Future, we looked at challenges ahead for Social Security and Medicare. According to the latest reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees, we are creeping towards insolvency for both programs by the next decade.…
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Facing The Future

David Gergen: It’s Time for Baby Boomers to Pass the Baton

Jun 8, 2022
Special Guest: David Gergen, Tori Gorman, Phil Smith
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This week on Facing the Future, it’s time for the Baby Boomer generation to step aside and let Gen-X, Millennials, and Gen-Z lead the way towards solving some of our country’s most pressing problems. So says David Gergen, advisor to…
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Facing The Future

Breaking Down the CBO 10-year Baseline

Jun 4, 2022
Special Guest: Tori Gorman, Steve Robison, Phil Smith, Av Harris
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This week on Facing the Future, we relied on a panel of Concord Coalition staff to help us break down the latest 10-year Budget and Economic Outlook released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. I gave my own interpretation of…
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