User Clip: Explaining the Fix the debt campaign
CRFB president Maya MacGuineas explains the Fix the Debt campaign and its goals. For more info, visit http://fixthedebt.org/
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CRFB president Maya MacGuineas explains the Fix the Debt campaign and its goals. For more info, visit http://fixthedebt.org/
"Campaign to Fix the Debt Kickoff," July 17, 2012
We risk squandering the legacy of our Founding Fathers if we don't address the debt now.
Former World Bank president Bob Zoellick quotes a diplomat who says the US is "one budge tdeal wawy from restoing its global preeminence."
Pete Peterson says there's lots of agreement on addressing the debt.
Former GA Senator Sam Nunn neither party has a governing strategy for the national debt. he suggests that Simpson-Bowles be substituted for the fiscal cliff.
Former PA Governor Ed Rendell discusses how the Fix the debt campaign will build public support for a real debt plan.
Honeywell International CEO David Cote discusses the size of the deficit.
Fix the Debt co-chair Judd Gregg talks about getting policymakers to do the right thing.
Former New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg discusses the consequences if the US does not get its debt under control and how we stack up against Europe's woes.
David Cote says the political parties must work together.
Bob Zoellick says we risk squandering the leagcy of the Founding Fathers if we don't address the debt now.
Fix the Debt is also about fixing the economy and fixing Washington. It is the type of challenge that America has always met and overcome.
Ed Rendell says the conversation has changed from if we will address the debt to how we will address the debt. The Fix the Debt campaign will infuse leaders with the political will to act.
Judd Gregg discusses Simpson-Bowles, the fiscal cliff, and the "Mother of all lame ducks" at the end of the year.
Fix the Debt co-chair Ed Rendell discusses the principles of the Fix the Debt campaign. For more info, visit http://fixthedebt.org/
Honeywell CEO David Cote says that fixing the debt is key to US global competitiveness.