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National Briefing on Our Budget and Economy

Date: Friday, April 23, 2010
Time:
3:00 to 4:30 pm EDT
Location: By webcast — ask the panelists questions below

The panel will feature:

Maya MacGuineas, Moderator
President of the Committee for a
Responsible Federal Budget

Alice Rivlin
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution,
former Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, and Congressional Budget Office

David Walker
President of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation,
former Comptroller General of the United States

Alison Fraser
Director of the American Enterprise Institute’s
Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies

Bob Greenstein
Founder and Executive Director of the
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

Join local leaders in your community for a national briefing on the fiscal realities facing the United States of America

On April 23, groups will be gathering in communities across the country to watch the webcast in preparation for this summer’s National Town Meeting on our budget and economy, taking place on June 26. The moderated panel will reflect policy expertise from across the political spectrum. Panelists will discuss the nation’s fiscal health and respond to questions posted by local viewers over the Internet.

About: Read about the National Town Meeting and watch a video on AmericaSpeaks 21st Century Town Meetings.

Participate: Find out how you can join the National Town Meeting on June 26.

Learn: Learn some of the facts about the budget and economy from accessible resources we’ve gathered.

Made possible by grants from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (request pending).