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Morning Read

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In an effort to keep the comment count reasonable, here's a good article to read. An excerpt:

The U.S. National Debt was $930 billion in 1980, or 33 percent of GDP.
Today it is $10.7 trillion, or 76 percent of GDP. The National Debt has
grown by 1,150 percent in 28 years. With the planned fiscal stimulus
(taxing future generations), the National Debt will reach 100 percent
of GDP during the Obama administration. When Argentina's economy
collapsed in 1998, their National Debt as a percentage of GDP was 65
percent. The Great Deniers say we are not Argentina. They say we are
safe because the U.S. dollar is the reserve currency of the world. This
is like jumping off a 20 story building and as you pass the 10th floor
someone yells out the window asking how you are doing. You answer,
"Good, so far".