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Last Friday we got the sad news that Coca-Cola would stop making TaB, its venerable diet cola that had been around since 1963. 

  QUESTION: What are the driving factors behind the federal government’s growing debt burden?

  QUESTION: Why should I worry about the amount of debt owed by our federal government?

  QUESTION: The terms “debt” and “deficit” are used frequently in discussions of federal government finance. What’s the difference between the two?

On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by President of the American Action Forum and former Congressional Budget Office Director, Dr.

It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is not going to get the V-shaped recovery many economists predicted when the COVID-19 pandemic forced a substantial shutdown of the economy in March.

There are many ways that you, as a volunteer Fiscal Lookout, can help spread The Concord Coalition’s message of fiscal responsibility and generational equity.

Preliminary budgetary results for the 2020 fiscal year, which ended on September 30, have been released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). 

On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Senior Policy Director and Senior Vice President at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget,

On September 30, the federal government ended fiscal year 2020 with a budget deficit of $3.1 trillion. At an estimated 15.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), it was the largest deficit since 1945.