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Facing The Future

Inflating the Budget, and Three Healthcare Myths

Mar 3, 2022
Special Guest: Richard Jackson, Tori Gorman, Steve Robinson
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This week on Facing the Future, we focus on healthcare costs and inflation, two factors that have an enormous impact on the federal budget and our national debt.  In the first part of the program, we spoke to friend of…
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Leadership in Time of Crisis

Feb 23, 2022
Special Guest: Professor David Gergen
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This week on Facing the Future, we got a rare opportunity to speak about leadership in a time of crisis with a real scholar of presidential politics: Professor David Gergen of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Gergen served as a…
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Acting Short and Thinking Long

Feb 17, 2022
Special Guest: David Lerman
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This week on Facing the Future, we take a deep dive into the broken federal budget appropriations process in Congress with journalist David Lerman, editor of Congressional Quarterly Budget (CQ Budget). Lerman previously covered national security, defense spending, and foreign…
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A Blue Dog Keeps Barking

Feb 9, 2022
Special Guest: Jim Cooper
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This week on Facing the Future, we listen to a veteran Blue Dog Democrat bark one more time. That would be Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN) who has represented his Nashville area district for more than three decades. Concord Coalition national…
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As 2021 Comes to a Close, Unfinished Business Dominates 2022 Congressional Agenda

Jan 4, 2022
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For our last Facing the Future program of 2021, I gathered an all-star panel of Concord Coalition staff including: Policy Director Tori Gorman, Chief Economist Steve Robinson, National Field Director Phil Smith, Deputy Director Chris Colligan, and our newest staff…
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Political Dysfunction Confronts Inflation and Debt

Dec 17, 2021
Special Guest: Paul Hodes, Matt Robinson
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This week on Facing the Future, we looked at congressional dysfunction; whether it has grown in recent years and why it matters. Our guests were former Congressman Paul Hodes, Democrat of New Hampshire, and political analyst Matt Robison, who served…
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Keeping an Eye on COVID and the Debt Limit

Dec 9, 2021
Special Guest: Rachel Snyderman
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This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Communications Director Av Harris, National Field Director Phil Smith’ and I spoke with Dr. Jodie Guest, an epidemiologist and professor at the School of Public Health and Medicine at Emory University in…
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If Your Taxes Go Up, Will You Know It?

Nov 24, 2021
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This week on Facing the Future, we focused on the political environment facing President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA) now that it has passed the House and moved onto the Senate. Joining me in that discussion were The Concord…
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Building Back Better Bang for the Buck

Nov 12, 2021
Special Guest: Kent Smetters
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This week on Facing the Future, we explored the potential economic effects of President Biden’s Build Back Better Framework, as released by the White House on October 28th, 2021, and the cost of making its temporary provisions permanent. Our guest…
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Democratic Supply-Side Economics

Nov 4, 2021
Special Guest: Bill Gale
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This week on Facing the Future, we discussed the economic strengths and weaknesses of the Build Back Better Act now making its way through Congress. Democrats are pushing to finalize this broad social spending and climate change bill, which would cost…
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A Wealth of Tax Problems

Oct 28, 2021
Special Guest: Pete Davis
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This week on Facing the Future, we looked at various proposals on how to pay for the roughly $2 trillion social spending bill that Democrats hope to pass soon. These proposals include familiar ideas like raising rates on corporations…
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A Reality Check on Reconciliation

Oct 21, 2021
Special Guest: Ben Ritz
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This week on Facing the Future, we heard from Ben Ritz, Director of the Center for Funding America’s Future at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and the author of a new paper, “Reconciling with Reality: The Top Priorities for Building Back Better.” …
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