National Experts to Discuss Solutions to the Country's Fiscal Challenges
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and other national experts will discuss solutions to the country's fiscal challenges at a forum Thursday, Sept. 30 on the campus of Drake University.
The Fiscal Solutions Forum, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., will be free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by the Iowa Chapter of Financial Executives International, Drake University's College of Business and Public Administration, and The Concord Coalition.
The panel will speak and answer questions from the audience on possible solutions to the large federal deficits, funding problems in the entitlement programs and the related risks to the American economy.
The panel will include:
- David M. Walker, who previously headed the U.S. Government Accountability Office and is now president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. He is the author of Comeback America, a recently published book on how to restore fiscal responsibility.
- Robert L. Bixby, who has served as Concord's executive director since 1999 and has spoken across the country on the difficult fiscal and economic challenges facing the nation.
"Analysts across the political spectrum realize that our country is on an unsustainable fiscal path," Bixby said. "Even after the economy strengthens, Washington expects to run up trillions of dollars of additional debt in the coming decade. An aging population, spiraling health care costs, unfunded promises in the big federal entitlement programs and political procrastination are threatening our nation's future. It's high time the country began to address these challenges. The Sept. 30 forum will offer a variety of perspectives on how best to do that."
For additional information, please contact Sara Imhof, Concord's Midwest regional director, at [email protected] or (319) 471-0236.
SOURCE The Concord Coalition
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