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Archived National Debt Articles

Archived National Debt Articles
These articles were timely when written. Many were in response to specific news items. They still contain important principles and ideas.

• What's A Trillion, Grandpa?
  (Updated January, 2004)
• We Don't Make This Stuff Up
  Record Borrowing in the 2nd Quarter—Direct Quotes from the Treasury Department
  February, 2006
• A $400 Billion Deficit and Permanent Tax Cuts
  Are We Crazy?
  January, 2006
• Federal Borrowing to Hit Decade High
  Talk to Me in a Couple of Months
  January, 2006
• Debt Tops $8 Trillion
  Even McDonald's stopped counting burgers at 100 billion.
  October, 2005
• We Don't Have a Social Security Crisis…
  …We Have a Debt Crisis
  2005 article
• Headline Spin--A smaller deficit isn't good; it's only less terrible
  July, 2005
• The Slide Has Begun
  Headline says: "Dollar Falls" — It Means: Interest Rises
  February, 2005
• Greenspan speaks out—again
  "...deficit...a significant obstacle to long-term stability"
  March, 2005
• These tax cuts may wipe you out! 
  Written in 2001
• Was there ever a surplus?
  Not if we use a realistic definition of the word.
  January, 2004