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...cancer under control, he ran for President in 1992 and won the New Hampshire primary. Although he quit the race a few weeks later, his sobering message about the need for deficit reduction made its mark on the campaign and the country. Late in 1992 he co-founded the Concord Coalition, which has become an influential voice in deficit and economic policy...
...Security is scheduled to start spending more than it collects in about 2012, just as the huge baby-boom generation begins to retire. By 2029, even the so-called Social Security trust funds would be depleted. Thanks to men like Kerrey and investment banker Pete Peterson, president of the Concord Coalition, more and more Americans understand that the Social Security "trust fund" is a myth. Every week's collection of Social Security payroll taxes first goes to pay benefits to today's retirees; then the surplus (currently about $565 billion) is immediately used to finance other federal spending. What goes...
...political action group, Citizens for Limited Taxation & Government (CLTG), hopes to find a sponsor for a bill that would name the state prison in Concord for Flaherty instead...
BORN: May 17, 1945, Richmond, Va. EDUCATION: San Francisco State U, B.A., 1968; U of California at Davis, J.D., 1972 FAMILY: Wife, Cynthia Caccavo; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Democratic nominee for California Senate, 1969; U.S. House, 1974- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 5864, Concord...
Klug won the first-ever 100% rating from Paul Tsongas and Warren Rudman's Concord Coalition for his record as a deficit hawk. The former Madison TV news anchor has emerged as another successful Midwestern politician who has taken power with conservative fiscal policies and moderate social ones. He has broken with the G.O.P. to support family leave and health-care legislation, and his formerly liberal constituency has re-elected him twice by a large margin...