April 15 (tax day) saw the tour address the annual conference of the International Economic Development Council in Alexandria, VA. Tour members –Paul Cullinan, Harry Zeeve (Concord Coalition), and Brian Riedl (Heritage Foundation)—outlined the dimensions and sources of the upcoming fiscal imbalance and discussed some of the policy approaches for countering the problem before nearly 100 economic development professionals.

St. Louis, MO (April 28) was the next stop for the tour, which began with the Business and Community Leaders Breakfast hosted by St. Louis University. Over 75 leaders listened to Paul Cullinan, Bob Bixby, David Walker, and Brian Riedl detail the coming fiscal crisis and discuss potential policy alternatives. Tour members then migrated downtown to meet with the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to describe the purpose of the tour, the scope of the fiscal challenges facing the country, and the need to address the budget imbalance sooner rather than later. Read more

In addition, tour members were interviewed by the local Fox News affiliate.

The final event of the day was a forum before more than 250 members of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.

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• Visit the Concord Coalition website

Senior Scholars Representing Brookings on the Tour

• Isabel Sawhill
• Alice Rivlin
• Jason Furman
• Doug Elmendorf
• Paul Cullinan

• Why Deficits Matter and What We Should Expect from our Presidential Candidates in 2008 (pdf)

Archive - Tour Stops

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• Alexandria, Virginia (April 15, 2008)
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (March 25, 2008)
• Berkeley and Fresno, California (March 5, 2008)
• Madison, Wisconsin (February 27, 2008)
• Tallahassee, Florida (January 14, 2008)
• East Lansing, Michigan (December 6, 2007)
• Iowa City, Iowa (December 3, 2007)
• Portland, Oregon (November 28, 2007)
• Baltimore, Maryland (October 29, 2007)
• Hartford, Connecticut (October 23, 2007)
• Atlanta, Georgia (October 1-2, 2007)
• Manchester, New Hampshire (September 28, 2007)
• San Francisco, California (September 14, 2007)
• San Jose, California (September 13, 2007)
• Las Vegas, Nevada (September 12, 2007)
• Los Angeles, California (September 11, 2007)
• Nashville, Tennessee (July 16, 2007)
• Tampa, Florida (May 30, 2007)
• Syracuse, New York (April 4, 2007)
• Cincinnati, Ohio (March 9, 2007)
• Charleston, South Carolina (March 6, 2007)
• Palm Beach & Vero Beach, Florida (February 21 & 22, 2007)
• Manchester, New Hampshire (February 13, 2007)
• Des Moines, Iowa (February 1, 2007)
• Columbus, Ohio (January 10, 2007)
• Seattle, Washington (November 29, 2006)
• Denver, Colorado (November 28, 2006)
• Chicago, Illinois (November 8, 2006)
• Austin, Texas (September 28, 2006)
• Nashville, Tennessee (August 18, 2006)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 2, 2006)
• Wilmington, Delaware (May 1, 2006)
• Kansas City, Missouri (April 24, 2006)
• Omaha, Nebraska (April 4, 2006)
• Durham, North Carolina (February 27, 2006)
• Atlanta, Georgia (February 7, 2006)
• Portland, Oregon (December 1, 2005)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 17, 2005)
• Richmond, Virginia (September 26, 2005)