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How long will it take us to pay back $16 trillion in debt?

Published September 07, 2012

The US government has overspent your money – not by $1 trillion, not by $2 trillion, $5 trillion or even $10 trillion. It has overspent your hard-earned money – and money not yet earned by your children and grandchildren – by $16 trillion.
House GOP Must Show True Grit on the Debt Ceiling

Published February 28, 2011

As the USA’s credit card heads into max-out, Washington will be forced to make the reforms and hard choices it has been avoiding for decades. We can still hope House Republicans will take some cues from the film "True Grit" before its DVD slots at Wal-Mart need re-stocking.