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The Deficit

The Real Sequestration -- Our Children's Future

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
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Laurence J. Kotlikoff

The official deficit measures only the increase in official debt. What it misses is the massive annual increases in our government's unofficial debts.

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National Journal Blames Baby Boomers For U.S. Decline -- What's Your Response?

Posted 10.07.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Entitlements, Video, Baby Boomers, Older Voters, The Debt, Reducing the Deficit, The Deficit, The National Journal, Jim Tankersley, Elections 2012, Tom Tankersley, Older Voters Influence, Fifty News

The National Journal has just published a provocative cover story by economics correspondent Jim Tankersley called "The Case Against Parasitic Baby Bo...

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Saki Knafo

Eight Reasons Why We Shouldn't Worry About The Deficit

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 10.03.2012 | Politics
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As the fiscal year comes to a close, President Barack Obama is facing another trillion dollar deficit, and he likely will be called upon to address th...

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