Campaign to Fix The Debt

Young Americans stand to be the first generation in our history that will inherit a country worse off than the one handed to its parents unless we Fix the Debt. Instead of handing them this legacy of lost opportunity, we m...

Time to Rock the Debt! Join us for a benefit concert to raise awareness of the U.S. debt, sponsored by The Can Kicks Back and Fix the Debt. Bands include Midnight Hike, Silver Liners, White Ford Bronco, and Redline Addicti...

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We fixed the Great Depression, went to the moon, and won the Cold War. Great leaders create great legacies. What will our legacy be on reducing the national debt?

The ad illustrates the federal government's soaring budget deficits in a way that folks will be able to relate to—balancing a family budget. By simply adding eight zeros to a typical family budget, the viewer can clearly s...

Sequestration puts the American economy at risk -- but simply waiving it would just allow our debt to continue to pile up, unabated. These massive, short-sighted cuts will harm the economy and our national security without...

The Fix the Debt Campaign convened the Common Ground Summit bringing together a diverse group of nearly 100 leaders from 80 organizations with a broad range of backgrounds and political affiliations in an open dialogue ar...

Erskine Bowles talks about our fiscal woes and what the government needs to do to improve the economic health of this country. "I know it can be done because I've done it. President Clinton set me up to negotiate the balan...

Let's get the Government to quit butting heads and do all things necessary to put our national debt on a downward path.

Support Fix the Debt today and sign the Citizen's Petition: http://www.fixthedebt.org/s......

Erskine Bowles speaks to Wolf Blitzer on how we manage our debt and come together as Republicans and Democrats to fix our economic situation. Bowles comments, "I don't care whether you're a Republican or a Democrat. Toget...

Alan Simpson & Erskine Bowles discuss the steps to stabilize the debt and into to economic progression. Erskine Bowles says, "What we've got to do is both of us have got to get out of our comfort zone, both sides, and we'...

Amanda Van Esson is a small business owner and lawyer who joined the campaign to Fix the Debt because she wants to secure a future for her family and future generations.

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Kathy Hayes talks about the impact of the national debt on the future of education. "A lot of education programs are being cut due to lack of funding this national debt will only exacerbate that problem," says Kathy.

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Rob Fowler, President and CEO of the Small Business Association in Michigan talks about why he joined the campaign to Fix the Debt and the vast amount of uncertainty small businesses are facing as the deficit continues to ...

If left unaddressed, the fiscal cliff would result in tax increases and spending cuts affecting all Americans and driving the economy into a double dip recession.

Send a letter to Congress today and let them know, we ne...

Timothy Damon the President and CEO of the Lansing Chamber of Commerce discusses why he has joined and supports Fix the Debt and the importance to reduce this national deficit. Damon states "I think we when look at the im...

Brad Williams, the Vice President of Government Relations for the Detroit Regional Chamber, talks about the urgency in which Congress and the President need to have to solve our nation's debt crisis.

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Members Fix the Members and panelists come together to discuss tax reform and health care reform in the context of how a plan may be put in place to solve our nation's fiscal challenges.

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Members Fix the Members and panelists come together to discuss tax reform and health care reform in the context of how a plan may be put in place to solve our nation's fiscal challenges.

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We need Congress to do more than avoid the fiscal cliff. We need a real plan to fix the debt and restore the American economy.

Americans from all walks of life agree that we must come together and FIX THE DEBT.

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Fix the Debt supporters recently went to Washington with the voice of 300,000 Americans to meet members of Congress and urge our political leaders to make our national debt a top priority. "We can move these politicians t...

Stephen Brown believes in order for this country to move forward and the positive direction compromises needed to be made. He says, "FixtheDebt.org is something I see as being at the front line of this issue...This is the...

Brian Rogers speaks on the loss of confidence from investors in the economy and this largely impacts the fiscal balance of the United States Economy. Brian Rogers states, "When there is a lack of confidence in the economy...

The Campaign to Fix the Debt is launching state chapters across the country. At the launch of the Michigan Chapter of Fix the Debt, we heard from steering committee members on how the national debt has affected their live...

Fix the Debt supporters from across the country are took your support to Washington, meeting with Members of Congress, and letting our leaders know that more than 300,000 Americans are behind a deal to Fix the Debt and avo...

People from all walks of life are lending their voice to a bipartisan effort to address our national debt.

Concerned about protecting Social Security and Medicare, burdening future generations with debt, or the economic o...

On Wednesday, November 28th, supporters of Fix the Debt from across the country went to Capitol Hill to meet with Members of Congress and let them know that we must work together to find a solution to the fiscal cliff and ...

The debt may not have a face, but the solution does: Yours.

Join our campaign to prevent our country from going over the fiscal cliff, and FIXING our national debt: www.FixtheDebt.org

There has been tremendous noise through this election cycle, but one signal is loud and clear: DEBT is a serious problem.

We the People agree:

- We can't go on raising the debt and passing it on to future generations.

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In this clip from October 26th, Steve Rattner discusses the impact that Fix the Debt's Fiscal Leadership Council, including many prominent CEO's will have in getting Congress to enact common sense solutions on our national...

On Thursday morning, October 25th, The Campaign to Fix the Debt's Maya MacGuineas rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange alongside citizen activists and high-profile business leaders, sounding the alarm about...

There is a debt problem, however the role of government is to provide services — it's of the people, by the people, for the people. You can blame one thing or another — the wars we're in, programs that provide the services...

There should be accountability about everyone needing to work a certain amount of time. We spent a $5 trillion in 4 years! We are too smart, too educated, and we work too hard to settle for that. There has to be a plan to ...

Joanne from Florida says it's about time to fix the debt. It's very important for everyone, no matter what political party. Just fix the debt and do the right thing.

We are in a crisis situation with our $16 trillion debt. We are handicapping America. We must get control of our spending and manage our debt, then we'll build a stronger America. We don't need to look weak to other countr...

A grandmother doesn't want her grandchildren to inherit debt this generation, and not be able to enjoy the America that she enjoyed growing up in.

The goal of the Campaign to Fix the Debt is not only to bring down the debt, but to do it in the right way.

Both candidates are talking about the ...