Browse selected news coverage about AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy – see what people said, who participated, and why public deliberation on this topic is so important.
National:
How to Balance the Budget? The People Speak
Forbes.com – Brian Wingfield
You’re going to hear a lot of talk in the next few months about getting the U.S. fiscal house in order. By Dec. 1, President Obama’s fiscal commission (sometimes called the deficit commission) is supposed to make its recommendations to Congress as to how to balance the budget.
Can Regular Joes Fix The Budget Deficit?
NationalJournal.com – Brian Friel
Thousands Are Gathering On A Saturday In June To Do In A Day What Obama’s Fiscal Commission May Be Unable To Do In Seven Months…
Open-mike day at debt panel
CNNMoney.com – Jeanne Sahadi
Cut. Don’t cut. Tax more. Don’t tax more. Reform Social Security. Don’t touch Social Security benefits. Don’t act too soon to reduce the deficit. Don’t wait too long. And whatever happens, do no harm to the most vulnerable in society…
Vox populi on the deficit
The Washington Post – Ezra Klein
For all the reasons the political science-types say, town halls don’t offer a terrifically reliable guide to public opinion. But that’s not to say they’re of no benefit. The Peterson, MacArthur and Kellogg foundations partnered with AmericaSpeaks to hold 60 town meetings with 3,500 participants to let ordinary Americans weigh in on “our nation’s fiscal future.”
Public deliberation: the Left should learn to trust Americans
Huffington Post – Archon Fung
Last Saturday, some 4,000 Americans participated in a national conversation about this country’s growing deficit problem. In ten years, according to some estimates, our national debt is projected to grow to 90 percent of our Gross Domestic Product. Participants in Saturday’s “Our Budget, Our Economy” event
Television:
Walker, Deficit Ranger and Licensed to Cut Spending – cut to min 4
CNBC’s Squawk Box with Guest Host David Walker, Alice Rivlin Interview
AmericaSpeaks Interview
NBC10 (Philadelphia, PA)
Eye on New Mexico
KOB.com (NBC Affiliate) – Reed Upton
Town Halls Focus on National Debt
FOX News 4 (Dallas, TX, June 26) – James Rose
Local
Dallas to brainstorm on federal budget
Dallas Morning News
Next month, Dallas will be one of six host cities for an ambitious national conversation about the federal budget…It’s not a tea party town hall. It’s not Republican, Democratic or any other party-affiliated meeting.
The federal deficit: Your chance to change the future
The Oregonian – Adam Davis and Steve Buckstein
Unless we do something about it, America will be facing a fiscal train wreck over the coming decades. Driven by rising health care costs, an aging population and a habit of spending more than we are willing to pay for, our national debt is projected to reach unprecedented levels in the coming years that cannot be sustained.
Activists Balance Budget in National Exercise
The State (Columbia, SC) – Wayne Washington
About 3,500 Americans – including 700 in Columbia – took 6 hours Saturday to do what the president and Congress have failed to do in a decade: balance the federal budget.
They did it without lobbyists. They did it without interest groups. They did it with no fear of being voted out of office because of unpopular choices.
Deficit Dialogue Won’t Fit in A Sound Bite
ABQJournal.com – Winthrop Quigley
Midterm election campaigns are in full swing. Simplistic, bombastic diatribes about government budget deficits are the order of the day. This state and this nation could use a really good, honest, informed discussion of public finance, and a group called America Speaks hopes to have one June 26 (more on this in a bit). Meanwhile, from our political candidates we can expect pandering, fear-mongering and sound bites.
Get involved in budget debate
Daily Herald (Chicago, IL) – Letter to the Editor
Some experts and policymakers believe our country could do more to prevent problems before they occur. In particular, instead of postponing our response to the nation’s budget problems, we should use our resources today to prevent them from becoming worse.
Editorial: Fiscal forum
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia will host a national town-hall meeting Saturday to discuss solutions to this country’s fiscal mess.
Editorial: Laudable effort to balance the budget
The Dallas Morning News
It’s one thing to yell at the TV whenever there’s a news story about Washington’s failure to cut the deficit. It’s another to seek out solutions. About 400 volunteers went to the Dallas Convention Center Saturday to try their hand at trimming the nation’s $1.2 trillion deficit and discovered how truly difficult the task is.
Albuquerque hosting nationwide town hall
New Mexico Business Weekly
Albuquerque is among more than 20 cities that will host a nationwide town hall meeting on June 26 about the nation’s fiscal future…
Activists Balance Budget in National Exercise
The State (Columbia, SC) – Wayne Washington
About 3,500 Americans – including 700 in Columbia – took 6 hours Saturday to do what the president and Congress have failed to do in a decade: balance the federal budget.
They did it without lobbyists. They did it without interest groups. They did it with no fear of being voted out of office because of unpopular choices.
Jackson among 20 cities to hold budget forum
The Clarion-Ledger
GF to host town hall on federal debt policy today
Grand Forks Herald – McClatchy-Tribune – Ryan Johnson
Discussion on the Debt
Iowa Public Radio
Get in on discussion about $13 trillion US debt
Livingston Daily – Ron Dzwonkowski
Portsmouth council reluctant to use study circles in budgeting
Seacoast Online – Jennifer Feals
National Town Meeting is June 26
Sun Publications – Donna Lauffer, Guest Columnist
National debt discussion coming to Portsmouth
Seacoastonline.com
Locals can speak up about national budget
Wyoming Business Report
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