Fiscal Challenges Facing the Next Administration (UNH Event)

A Panel Discussion on January 9, 2024, hosted by the University of New Hampshire's Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and the Carsey School of Public Policy

When: January 9, 2024, 5:30 to 6:30 pm with reception from 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Where: Panel discussion in Room G85 at the Paul College. Refreshments will be provided in the Great Hall after the panel discussion

In its most recent annual report on the nation's fiscal health, the Government Accountability Office warned: "The federal government faces an unsustainable long-term fiscal future." Join The Concord Coalition and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget for a fiscal policy discussion, including challenges facing the next administration, such as the rising national debt, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, taxes, general government spending, and more.

The event will feature Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby and Mike Murphy, Senior Vice president and Chief of Staff at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Following the presentation, attendees will have the chance to participate in a Q&A moderated by New Hampshire State Senator Dan Innis, professor of marketing and hospitality at the Paul College, and Carolyn Arcand, Senior Lecturer at the Carsey School. Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. Please register here.

Panelists:

Bob Bixby

Robert L. Bixby is executive director of The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan organization that encourages fiscal responsibility in Washington and helps educate the public about the federal budget and the need to protect our children and future generations from excessive government debt. Bixby frequently speaks around the country on the nation's fiscal challenges and possible bipartisan solutions, including greater government efficiency, tax reform and improvements in the entitlement program. He has testified at congressional hearings and been interviewed by news organizations around the country. Bixby has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN and Fox News.

Mike Murphy

Mike Murphy is Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, where he manages policy research and analysis on a variety of topics related to fiscal policy and the federal budget, as well as coordinates a wide array of projects related to advancing the Committee's policy related initiatives. He is also the Director of FixUS, a special initiative of the Committee that through a number of efforts and partnerships seeks to better understand the root causes of our nation's growing divisions and deteriorating political system, to work with others to bring attention to these issues and the need to fix them, and to build support for necessary changes.

Moderators:

Carolyn Arcand

Dr. Arcand is a senior lecturer at the Carsey School of Public Policy, where she has taught since the school's very first semester. Of the wide variety of her lessons, one constant is her knack for taking inspiration from real-world challenges. In 2011, she received her second master's in public policy and in 2014 she earned her doctorate. That year was also her first at UNH, where she started as a lecturer in the Political Science and Public Administration department. When the Carsey Institute became its own school outright, she joined their faculty.

Daniel Innis

Daniel E. Innis is a Professor of Marketing and Hospitality Management at the University of New Hampshire and a member of the New Hampshire State Senate, representing District 7, which includes 22 towns in western New Hampshire. He is the former Dean of UNH's Peter T. Paul College of Business, and he was the driving force behind the new Peter T. Paul College building, a $50 million project that resulted in a state-of-the-art business building at the University of New Hampshire. Professor Innis is co-author of the book Strategic Planning for Logistics.

The January 9 event at the UNH Paul College of Business and Economics is one of three conversations on the topic of federal fiscal challenges to be held during the month of January, including on January 10 at Dartmouth College and on January 19 at the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Service at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law.

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