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Thinking about the federal budget deficit and the national debt – now closing in on $13 trillion dollars – is usually a somewhat cerebral pursuit.

There are 61.9 trillion reasons why college students should have a burning interest in the federal budget deficit and national debt, but how do you get them thinking ab

It was freezing in Emporia, Kansas – midway between Wichita and Kansas City, a great case study for the winters for which the Midwest is known - as President Obama, many miles away, took his ceremonial walk through the U.S. Capitol and began his first State of the Union address.

The national debt and federal budget deficit affects all of us, by shaping the choices we face each day, but the younger you are, the greater the

That was the question raised by President Obama during an interview in China (one of our biggest creditors), as cartoonists seized the opportunity to Full Article (1 comment)

You wouldn't think the bottom line on the $1.6 trillion federal budget deficit and $11.9 trillion national debt crisis could be summed up in a single sentence, but when the right words whizzed by, the Wall Street Journal's Tags:

• deficit
• economy
• federal budget
• national debt

There was both joy and skepticism on Wall Street, as third quarter GDP figures showed growth in the U.S.