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Going on a Debt Diet Is Hard July 04, 2009 / Bruce Stokes
The mounting federal budget deficit and cumulative U.S. government debt are issues of growing public debate. Economists hotly contest whether it is economically prudent or foolhardy to rein in expenditures in the midst of the worst economic downturn in 80 years. But either way, taxpayers may be reaching the limit of their tolerance for new government spending.



