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Demand Action on Social Security

Aug 1, 2018
This guest column by Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition, was published in The Telegraph (New Hampshire). Time is running out for timely action to ensure that Social Security is secure. Think back to 2002. It was…
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America’s Immigrants Could Be Source of Strength for the Economy

Mar 12, 2018
This guest column was published March 12 in The Hill. It was written by Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby. A major argument used by proponents of last year’s tax-cut legislation was that it would boost the economy. Regardless of…
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Capitalizing on a Growing Global Economy

Feb 8, 2018
This op-ed was written by Chase Hagaman, the New England regional director for The Concord Coalition, and Alex Talcott, a member of Concord’s New Hampshire advisory board. It appeared in the February issue of the Valley Patriot (page 20) in Massachusetts. George Washington understood…
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Tax Reform Should Be Fully Paid For — Without Gimmicks

Dec 7, 2017
This op-ed, written by Concord Coalition Co-Chair Bob Kerrey and Alan K. Simpson, co-founder of Fix the Debt, appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer and on Philly.com. The former senators shared Concord's Economic Patriot Award in 1996. (more…)
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Tax Cut Numbers Don’t Add Up

Nov 20, 2017
This op-ed by Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby discusses some of the problems with the House and Senate tax bills. The article was originally published this week in Seacoast Sunday. Republicans in the House and Senate are now…
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Proposed Tax Legislation Falls Short of Needed Reform

Nov 16, 2017
This op-ed by Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby argues that both the tax bill passed Thursday by the House and legislation under consideration in the Senate fall short of true reform. The column originally appeared this week in…
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The Crazy Debt Limit Should Go

Oct 13, 2017
The original purpose of the statutory debt limit was to remove the requirement that Congress authorize individual issuances of debt, rather than keep the government from acquiring too much debt. In a guest opinion piece in The Hill, Robert Bixby and…
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The Debt Limit Isn’t Working, a More Effective Mechanism to Control Debt Is Needed

Sep 26, 2017
With the national debt surging beyond the $20 trillion mark and Congress considering legislation that would produce even higher deficits than are already projected for the coming decade, the federal debt limit is receiving some much-needed scrutiny. President Trump has…
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Washington Needs to Address All Our Needs, Young and Old

Aug 17, 2017
In this guest column originally appearing in The Keene Sentinal, Concord Coalition New England Regional Director Chase Hagaman contends that elected officials in Washington should quit procrastinating and seize opportunities to address our nation's fiscal challenges. "You may delay, but time…
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Congress Needs to Act Like Ants, Not Grasshoppers

Jul 21, 2017
In a recent guest column, Concord Coalition's New England Regional Director Chase Hagaman explains why elected officials need to work in a bipartisan way to put together a plan to stabilize and begin to reduce the national debt. This piece…
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Driving up the Cost of Social Security, Medicaid

Jul 13, 2017
Central to the nation’s long-term fiscal challenge is a changing demographic landscape that President Trump’s proposed budget fails to address, according to a guest column by Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition, and Harold Janeway, a former…
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Don’t Let Social Security, Medicare Break the Bank

Jul 13, 2017
This guest column by Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby ran recently in the Orlando Sentinel. It can also be found on the newspaper's website. White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told lawmakers in late May that President Trump's budget…
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