Look Who's Footing the Bill!

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    Intro · Question · Rubric · Background · QuickQuest · Roles · Group · Conclusion · Help · Dictionary


    Glossary, What Is the Budget?, and Deficit, Surplus and the GDP
    from A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Public Debt
    from the Bureau of the Public Debt

    CBO Baseline Budget Projections, 1999-2010
    from Congressional Budget Office
    with three alternative calculation methods

    Historical Public Debt Outstanding - Annual 1950 - 1999
    from the Bureau of the Public Debt

    The National Debt: 1940-2005
    from the Concord Coalition



    Gross Domestic Product Components
    from USA Today

    Quarterly Economic Survey
    from USA Today

    Record US budget surplus achieved
    from the BBC

    Economy: Full Speed Ahead: President Clinton on Debt & Tax Cut
    from ABC News

    Greenspan: Hold Off on Cuts
    a report from Time.com



    "I could use the money. So could you."
    an editorial from Time.com

    Let's Define Five Terms
    from Steve Conover, Sr.

    Debt is the wrong enemy. Growth is our neglected ally. and
    We'll Never Have to Pay It Back
    from Steve Conover, Sr.

    Is the Deficit Really So Bad? by Jonathan Rauch
    gives one perspective from the 80s



    The U.S. National Debt Clock

    FederalBudget.com
    from Gene Simmons, Founder, National Debt Awareness Campaign

    Grandfather Federal Government Debt Report
    by Michael Hodges

    from the Concord Coalition
    Listen Up, Generation X
    Here Comes the Millennial Generation
    Concord Coalition Trumpets Benefits of Paying Down the Debt and
    Deficit and Denial
    Surpluses as far as the Eye Can See?
    What the President's Plan Does and Doesn't Do

    The Budget Explorer
    by KowalDesign

    Will America Grow Up before it Grows Old?
    by Peter G. Peterson in the Atlantic Monthly



    Intro · Question · Rubric · Background · QuickQuest · Roles · Group · Conclusion · Help · Dictionary


    Created May, 1996. Last revised February, 2005.
    Created by Tom March, tom at ozline dot com
    Applications Design Team/Wired Learning