Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis
Tanner, Michael D.![Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/198/19875669/CHSBZCOP0319875669.jpg)
Our growing national debt has dropped out of the headlines recently¿but that doesn't mean that the problem has gone away. The national debt recently topped $17.5 trillion, and is projected to reach $27 trillion by 2024. Worse yet, if you include the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare, the U.S. real indebtedness exceeds $83 trillion. Despite these undeniable facts, politicians from both parties continue to avoid making the dif...