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Foxx hosts federal budget workshop
Washington, DC,
July 31, 2008
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) announced today that she will host federal budget workshops in Statesville on August 4th and in Mt. Airy on August 5th. The workshops will be conducted in cooperation with the Concord Coalition, a
Contact: Press Office Workshop gives participants a chance to “balance the budget” Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) announced today that she will host federal budget workshops in Statesville on August 4th and in Mt. Airy on August 5th. The workshops will be conducted in cooperation with the Concord Coalition, a national, non-partisan grassroots organization that has developed a program to foster understanding of the federal budget process. “Many taxpayers are not familiar with how the federal budget is created,” Rep. Foxx said. “These workshops will give local taxpayers an inside look at the budget and let them use their personal spending priorities to create a model federal budget.”
Principles & Priorities is an interactive exercise in which participants learn about how difficult it is to balance the federal budget by making many of the same policy decisions that lawmakers face. Participants will be able to review current spending priorities, suggest principles for the future, and then apply these principles by selecting from several dozen priorities currently being discussed in Washington. “Fiscal responsibility is more important than ever for the federal government and these budget workshops promise to help North Carolina taxpayers grasp just how much goes into creating a federal budget each year,” Foxx said. By considering issues such as federal spending, tax policy, and entitlement reform, participants will gain firsthand experience in addressing the difficult issues facing policymakers in today's fiscal environment. They will then recommend a package of policies to put America on a sound fiscal foundation for the next several years. The workshops conclude with a wrap-up discussion of the budget results and the lessons learned from the exercise. The events will take place on August 4th at the Iredell County Library in Statesville from 6:00pm to 8:00 pm and on August 5th at the Mount Airy library from 6:00pm to 8pm. This event is free to the public, so participants are encouraged to bring family and friends. For more information on this event, please contact Rep. Foxx’s office at 202-225-2071. |
The Concord Coalition program, called Principles & Priorities, teaches participants about the federal budget and provides realistic insight into how some of the policy proposals in today’s news would affect the operations of the federal government.