“How to Balance the Budget? The People Speak,” written by Forbes Washington Bureau Chief, Brian Wingfield, list key recommendations from the Saturday, June 26th national town meeting hosted by AmericaSpeaks. Wingfield’s article includes comments from the nonpartisan nonprofit’s Founder and President Dr. Carolyn Lukensmeyer and stresses that the economy and nation’s spending will top the [...]
A national town meeting will be held on Saturday, June 26th to discuss America’s fiscal future. Capital News Connection’s “Power Breakfast” on NPR affiliate WAMU featured Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Kent Conrad (D-ND), both members of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, who expressed support for AmericaSpeaks, a Widmeyer client, and [...]
The Dallas Morning News Business section features an article on the discussion, highlighting Dallas, which is one of six primary sites that will host participants for the AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy National Town Meeting on June 26. Carolyn Lukensmeyer, founder and president of AmericaSpeaks, a Widmeyer client, commented on the goals for participants and [...]
The National Journal features a piece on Widmeyer client AmericaSpeaks and the upcoming National Discussion on June 26th which focuses on America’s debt and deficit. Carolyn Lukensmeyer, AmericaSpeaks founder and president, is featured, discussing what this important and historic National Discussion hopes to accomplish.
As national leaders convened in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss fiscal challenges, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation committed to ensuring that the public would have a voice in shaping the terms of the policy debate. The AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy initiative will [...]
