Building an Achievable Fiscal Policy

About this episode

The episode discusses opportunities for impactful legislation to control the national debt with insights from former Senator Rob Portman and Concord Coalition Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux.

The week on Facing the Future, former Senator Rob Portman and Concord Coalition Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux lay out the opportunities for impactful legislation to bring the debt under control. Alex Brill, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, moderates the discussion.

People in this episode

Guests: Rob Portman, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Alex Brill

Topics covered

• fiscal policy
• debt control
• legislation

Keywords

• debt
• legislation
• government policy

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