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Facing The Future

Science Fiction Doesn’t Work for Fiscal Policy

Jun 11, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Paul Steinhauser
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“I think our issue is in outer space at the moment,” said Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition. The fiscal challenges facing our nation, and the lack of attention given them, seem unreal. Add in vast and…
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College Students: Reform Is ‘Up to Us’

May 29, 2018
Special Guest: Brittany Brown, Evan Rufrano, Megan Shea
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“I remember sitting, looking at the national debt clock projected on the smart board and realizing how much of an issue this is,” said Brittany Brown, a top ten finalist in the national “Up to Us” competition to encourage fiscal…
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The Children Are Our Future

May 17, 2018
Special Guest: Marc Goldwein, Josh Gordon
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“In only a few years we will be spending more servicing our past debt than we will investing in our future,” Marc Goldwein, senior vice president for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), said recently. “We’re spending…
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Who Will Make the Serious Decisions?

May 7, 2018
Special Guest: Phil Sletten, Robert Bixby
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During the most recent episode of “Facing the Future,” I took some time to focus on the state-level impacts of federal budget policy. The Concord Coalition recently partnered with the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute to conduct a state/federal budget…
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Bringing Budgets to Life

Apr 28, 2018
Special Guest: Matt Glassman, Steve Winn
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Through taxes and a wide array of programs and benefits, the federal budget affects every person and community in the country. Yet many Americans -- including some who serve in Congress or work in federal agencies -- have only limited…
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Trillions and Trillions in Deficits

Apr 17, 2018
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
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Guests on “Facing the Future” last week lamented new projections of trillion-dollar federal deficits beginning in Fiscal 2020 and discussed how recent tax and spending decisions had contributed to the problem. “The distressing thing about the deficit situation now…
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There Aren’t Even Any Deficit Pigeons

Apr 9, 2018
Special Guest: Judd Gregg, Robert Bixby
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To remain competitive and successful in the global economy, the country needs smart workforce investment and immigration reform, said former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg during the ninth episode of “Facing the Future.” “A lot of very bright, capable people…
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From Lurching to Leadership

Apr 6, 2018
Special Guest: Phil Smith, Marjorie Dufek
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“There are countless things we can do to eat our spinach,” said Concord Coalition National Field Director Phil Smith about fixing the nation’s fiscal problems. “Politicians have taken such a short-term view of things we have to go from lurching to…
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‘Facing the Future’: Kasich, Penny on Fiscal Challenges

Mar 5, 2018
Special Guest: John R. Kasich, Tim Penny
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During the fourth broadcast of “Facing the Future,” we aired portions of The Concord Coalition’s recent event in Washington, “Fiscal Freefall: When Will it Stop?,” which featured Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich and former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny. The conversation…
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Calls for Fiscal Policy Leadership in Congress

Feb 26, 2018
Special Guest: Brad Cook, Dick Swett, Robert L. Bixby
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The third broadcast of “Facing the Future" focused on the need for stronger leadership in Congress on the nation’s fiscal challenges. New Hampshire Republican politico Brad Cook, former ambassador and former Democratic congressman Dick Swett, and Concord Coalition Executive…
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Bipartisan Analysts Note Problems with Trump Budget

Feb 20, 2018
Special Guest: Joe Minarik, Bill Hoagland, Robert L. Bixby
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During the second broadcast of "Facing the Future" budget experts expressed concern over the nation’s path after recent deficit-financed tax and spending legislation, and they saw a lack of fiscal discipline in the president’s Fiscal 2019 budget proposal. As the…
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New Concord Radio Program Focuses on Fiscal Challenges

Feb 6, 2018
Special Guest: Bob Kerrey, Robert L. Bixby
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Former Senator Bob Kerrey and Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby discussed the nation’s difficult fiscal challenges this week in the inaugural broadcast of Concord’s radio program “Facing the Future.” The program – to be aired on WKXL…
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