New York Times: The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates differ strikingly in their approaches to taxes and spending, but their fiscal plans have at least one thing in common: each could significantly swell the budget deficit and increase the national debt by trillions of dollars, according to tax and budget experts....(Full Story: NYT Story)

Wash. Post: For the first time, The Post editorial page added up the cost of these promises. They amount to about $330 billion annually for Obama and about $265 billion annually for Clinton. Roll in the cost of rolling back President Bush‘s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and some other tax changes and the budgetary gap is instantly clear. (Full Story: Wash. Post Story )

CYA members Yoni Gruskin and Michael Tully joined Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert Bixby in a Q&A session following a screening of the film I.O.U.S.A. at the Philadelphia Film Festival on April 9. I.O.U.S.A., a powerful movie about the perils of our rising national debt, features a scene that highlights CYA‘s fight against the generational inequity caused by rising deficits.

For more information about the film, which debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, visit the official I.O.U.S.A. web page.

To catch a sneak peak of CYA‘s role in the film, watch this YouTube Clip.