2009 Annual Report
Meeting the Challenges to Sustained U.S. Economic
President Obama in his State of the Union address and budget laid out major challenges for our country – job creation, economic growth and the long-term solvency of the U.S. government. The President's agenda includes government expenditures, a tax policy agenda, financial regulatory reform, energy and climate initiatives and health care reform. We remain committed to working with the Administration and Congress to address the nation's economic challenges as well as laying the groundwork for sustained U.S. economic growth. The ACCF will work with the Administration when we agree; when we do not we will offer constructive alternatives.
With three decades of recognized leadership and influence in U.S. economic policy, the ACCF interacts on a daily basis with policymakers, the media and interest groups on issues of importance to investors, the business community and the U.S. economy. We are uniquely able to play this role because of our bipartisan credibility with Members of Congress and the White House, our highly regarded research and analysis with impact on regulatory and legislative initiatives, and the respect we have earned in the media with editorialists, pundits, columnists and beat reporters, be they conservatives or liberals. See the ACCF website, www.accf.org, for background on our work.
The Obama Administration and Congress should not and cannot make sound economic policies a reality without allies in the private sector. As this annual report documents, the ACCF and its affiliated think tank, with many years of leadership in the economic policy arena, have no peer in the business and investment community.
The ACCF has been widely recognized for its contributions to U.S. economic policy. We have never wavered in the belief that strong capital formation is essential for job creation, a high standard of living, economic growth and competitiveness in the global economy but understand the realities of the economic policymaking process.
- ACCF comes from the business community but, with a board of directors that includes former economic policymakers from both Democratic and Republican presidencies and Congress, we have the ear of both the White House and Congress and can speak credibly for public policies that promote a strong economy, good jobs and a high standard of living for all Americans.
- ACCF's think tank takes pride in its board of scholars that includes five former chairmen of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, some of the best and the brightest of our nation's economists and a Nobel Prize winner in economics. Our research, analysis and expertise on many of the economic issues facing the country, including tax, energy, environmental, retirement security and regulatory policy, are highly respected in the business and public sectors.
- ACCF, with three decades of authoring op-eds, appearing on national and international radio and TV programs and being a respected source for the print, electronic and new media on U.S. economic policies, has credibility with the media. This is perhaps best illustrated by the participation of Washington Post and Wall Street Journal editorialists and Fox News and BBC reporters, among others from the press, at ACCF events.
ACCF's potential for helping advance good economic policy is greater than ever before. With your help, we will succeed.
Mark Bloomfield
President and Chief Executive Officer
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