Turning Problems into Opportunities and Opposition into Unity

12/14/2010 By Mary Lauran Hall, AmericaSpeaks Bought and sold elections. Partisan gridlock. Nonstop negative attacks from both sides of the aisle. Given the current dysfunction of our electoral politics, it’s no wonder that Americans [...]

The American People Want Leaders in Washington to Find Common Ground on Our National Debt

12/1/2010 By Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, Ph.D., President and Founder, AmericaSpeaks Cross-posted from the AmericaSpeaks blog

The Nation’s Fiscal Future & The Spirit of the Season

11/24/2010 By Carolyn Lukensmeyer, AmericaSpeaks Cross-posted from the AmericaSpeaks Blog AmericaSpeaks’ most important work this year was “Our Budget, Our Economy,” the national discussion on the country’s fiscal future held on June 26th.

Guide to Plans for Deficit Reduction

11/24/2010 By Mary Lauran Hall, AmericaSpeaks Cross-posted from the AmericaSpeaks Blog Several individuals and organizations have proposed ways that the United States could alter existing policies to reduce long-term national debt. Because there are many [...]

Citizen Priorities in the Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs’ Draft Proposal

11/10/2010 By Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, President of AmericaSpeaks AmericaSpeaks is pleased to see that the draft proposal from the Co-Chairs of the President’s National Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform reflects several key priorities [...]

Deficit Tops $1 Trillion Again

10/18/2010 By Jeanne Sahadi Jeanne Sahadi is a senior writer and columnist for CNNMoney.com. Cross-posted from CNNMoney.com. The United States racked up a $1.29 trillion deficit in fiscal year 2010, the federal government said Friday.

Former Members of Congress Call for Bipartisanship

10/12/2010 By Joe Goldman, AmericaSpeaks Last week, 130 former Members of Congress sent out an appeal to this year’s candidates calling for cooperation, civility, and a much more effective approach to working together. Congress appears [...]

Two under 24 on the National Town Meeting

8/10/2010 By Mary Lauran Hall, AmericaSpeaks Seventeen to twenty-four year-olds are an important demographic for any conversation about our fiscal future. Apart from representing the future of American leadership, these are the people who [...]

Successful virtual deliberation part of June 26 events

7/6/2010 Cross-posted from The PublicDecisions Blog As part of the June 26 AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy national deliberation, our group hosted a different kind of AmericaSpeaks event … one in Second Life.*

SLIDESHOW: Photos of National Town Meeting on federal budget

7/3/2010 On June 26, 3,500 busy Americans took time to dig in deep on one of the toughest issues of our time. From Silicon Valley to Augusta and from Portland to Albuquerque, Americans [...]