Special Publication

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…

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…)

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

In a recent op-ed Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition, and Maya MacGuineas, head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, explain why they have shifted their grade on President Trump's proposed 2018 budget from "incomplete" in…