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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1146450, member: 18157&quot;]<b><a href="http://www.briefing.com/GeneralContent/Investor/Active/ArticlePopup/ArticlePopup.aspx?ArticleId=NS20100514150704AheadOfTheCurve" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.briefing.com/GeneralContent/Investor/Active/ArticlePopup/ArticlePopup.aspx?ArticleId=NS20100514150704AheadOfTheCurve" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s an interesting article from Briefing.com that compares the US Debt situation to Greece</a></b>. At the end of the article, they attribute the difference between Greece and the US to the fact that Greece is tied to the Euro and doesn&#039;t have the luxury to inflate its currency.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I saw reference to <a href="http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_deficit_history" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/debt_deficit_history" rel="nofollow"><b>the 12% figure here</b></a>...but I&#039;m not sure where they got it. Here&#039;s an excerpt from the bottom of the page...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt" rel="nofollow"><b>The Wikipedia article on US Public Debt is a sobering read.</b></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s amazing that the parties are quibbling over $30 Billion when the deficit (not the budget, mind you, but the DEFICIT...the part we have to finance) is $1500 Billion! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ...but it&#039;s a PRIORITY that PBS funding isn&#039;t touched? :goof:...really?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyone that cares about this country HAS to be outraged! :heated: </p><p>I would rather live under a highway overpass than leave this mess to the next generation...WORD![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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