By Andrew L. Yarrow

"Coming Together: Intergenerational Dialogues On The Deficit, Social Security & Beyond" by Andrew Yarrow, is a report on conversations in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania between college students and senior citizens on the budget deficit and national debt and the rising cost of Social Security, health care and other issues relating to America's fiscal future. After four hours of engaged, often heated discussion and questioning, the 20-something students and over-65 participants at both Worcester State and Penn State agreed that seeking common ground and avoiding intergenerational conflict were essential to building public support for entitlement, other spending, tax and government reforms. The intergenerational dialogues are part of Public Agenda's Students Face Up to the Nation's Finances initiative and curriculum for college students and other concerned citizens, available at FacingUp.org and funded by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Click here to read the full article.