How'd we get all that debt?

The New York Times has an interesting article on the U.S government debt, which is now approaching $14.2 trillion. Of course, most of it is owed to ourselves, via Social Security and treasury securities held by Americans. It's interesting to understand the policies that led us to incur that debt.


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Merle Hazard on the Greek Debt Crisis

My college classmate has a new song about the Greek debt crisis: