The National Debt
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2008-08-13/national-debt
The official national debt of the United States is close to $9.6 trillion, but when the cost of unfunded entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid are included, the total is a staggering $53 trillion: what our government owes to whom and why we should care.
Guests
David Walker
CEO, Peter G Peterson Foundation and former U.S. Comptroller General
Roberton Williams
principal research associate, the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution.
Stephen Moore
is a member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board.
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