TIA president meets with Obama Commission members

On May 18, Tire Industry Association executive vice-president Roy Littlefield met with members of US President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. The Commission is charged with identifying policies to improve the United States’ fiscal situation in the medium term and to achieve fiscal sustainability over the long run; according to the TIA, Littlefield was invited to meet Commission members to discuss economic policy, the US budget deficit and economic outlook, how public policy drives the deficit, and how budget cuts will impact future policy.

After the meeting, Littlefield said, “As members of the President’s Commission seek bipartisan solutions to what soon could become a crippling national crisis, I was impressed that the Commission had the respect for both TIA and the tyre industry to seek our comments, suggestions, and concerns on topics ranging from health care, to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, regulations, trade, tariffs and small business concerns.”