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Bixby Says Unsustainable Debt Will `Kill' U.S. Economy
July 18, 2011 | Bloomberg

Newsmaker: The Concord Coalition, Part I
October 03, 2010 | KCCI CBS 8 Des Moines IA

Newsmaker: The Concord Coalition, Part II
October 03, 2010 | KCCI CBS 8 Des Moines IA

Concord Coalition Wikipedia Information

The Concord Coalition is a political advocacy group in the United States, formed in 1992. A bipartisan organization, it was founded by former U.S. Senator Warren Rudman, former Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson, and the late U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas. The Concord Coalitions advocacy centers on ending deficit spending and promoting a balanced budget in the U.S. federal government.

Sacramento Connect

Robert Borosage: Will Pete Peterson’s Half a Billion Bucks Buy a New Recession?
February 25, 2013
Feb. 21, 2013 - The "sequester" – mindless, across-the-board spending cuts designed purposefully to be abhorrent to both political parties – now seems likely to...

From around the web

Letter to the editor:' Fix the Debt': Here we go again
March 24, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
'' They'' are the Concord Coalition and the Pete Peterson Institute, whose goals have been to privatize these programs for over 30 years.'' They'' are Alan Simpson and Erskin...

Iowa View: Public pressure on Washington is needed now
December 15, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
In September 1992, three concerned public figures launched the deficit-fighting Concord Coalition ... Rudman, Tsongas and Peterson created the Concord Coalition ... When the Concord Coalition ...

Plea on U. S. deficit: Find a fix now
February 20, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Servicing the debt will'' squeeze out the things we need to do to grow the economy,'' said Rivlin, who appeared with David Vaudt, the state auditor, and Sara Imhoff, Midwest director of the Concord Coalition ...

Concord Coalition on twitter

	RT @ConcordC: The decrease in CBO's debt projections is due to technical changes, not economic growth or acts of #deficit reduction http://t.co/RlcZG4vy1C Twitter: @joesheehan
	The decrease in CBO's debt projections is due to technical changes, not economic growth or acts of #deficit reduction http://t.co/RlcZG4vy1C Twitter: @ConcordC
	Concord Coalition Says Lawmakers Must Look Beyond Near-Term Deficit Decline in Budget Negotiations http://t.co/M3q1Lilz8c Twitter: @Sam1065
	RT @ConcordC: From 2019-2023, discretionary spending grows by just 13% while mandatory spending grows 32% and interest grows 66%. http://t.co/RlcZG4vy1C Twitter: @MarcGoldwein
	From 2019-2023, discretionary spending grows by just 13% while mandatory spending grows 32% and interest grows 66%. http://t.co/RlcZG4vy1C Twitter: @ConcordC
	Concord Coalition Says Lawmakers Must Look Beyond Near-Term Deficit Decline in Budget Negotiations http://t.co/YgX2zo79zc Twitter: @healthfunding

YouTube Videos

Introduction to The Concord Coalition
August 09, 2011

The Fiscal "Wake-Up" Tour
January 30, 2013

The Founding of the Concord Coalition
November 20, 2012

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