Three congressional candidates in New Hampshire expressed concerns about the federal budget and discussed possible solutions in live-audience television interviews at a “Fiscal Fridays Festival” in Concord last week. The event was co-sponsored by NH1, The Concord Coalition and the…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated Friday that the federal deficit for Fiscal 2016 totaled $588 billion, an increase of $149 billion over the previous year. The deficit for Fiscal 2016, which ended Sept. 30, equaled an estimated 3.2 percent…
“Isn’t it a shame,” the late journalist Earl Wilson once asked, “that future generations can’t be here to see all the wonderful things we’re doing with their money?” Chase Hagaman, New England regional director for The Concord Coalition, recalls that…
George Voinovich, a member of The Concord Coalition Board of Directors, died Sunday at age 79. A two-term U.S. senator from Ohio known for his common-sense, bipartisan approach to fiscal responsibility, he joined the Concord board following his retirement from…