Comments on: The truth about the U.S. budget deficit: It’s 13x worse than you think http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/12/22/the-truth-about-the-u-s-budget-deficit-its-13x-worse-than-you-think/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: breezinthru http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/12/22/the-truth-about-the-u-s-budget-deficit-its-13x-worse-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-10453 breezinthru Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:50:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=5434#comment-10453 Sitting presidents should be required to address the Financial Report of the United States each year in their State of the Union address. A little more gritty reality and a little less fluff would be useful. Sitting presidents should be required to address the Financial Report of the United States each year in their State of the Union address.

A little more gritty reality and a little less fluff would be useful.

]]> By: ChristineRegenc http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/12/22/the-truth-about-the-u-s-budget-deficit-its-13x-worse-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-10437 ChristineRegenc Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:51:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=5434#comment-10437 All parties, from providers to insurers to drug companies to individuals, have a role to play in helping to control health care costs. Check out Whatstherealcost.org for what you can do and what the health care system should be doing. All parties, from providers to insurers to drug companies to individuals, have a role to play in helping to control health care costs. Check out Whatstherealcost.org for what you can do and what the health care system should be doing.

]]> By: Inugomontoya http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/12/22/the-truth-about-the-u-s-budget-deficit-its-13x-worse-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-10397 Inugomontoya Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:51:46 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=5434#comment-10397 So Pethokoukis got one right: the stopped clock is right twice a day. And he didn't even talk about state and local gov't with huge, unfunded pension obligations. At least I'm glad this trogladyte cheers HC reform. Atypical, since he's so typically doctrinaire crackpot. So Pethokoukis got one right: the stopped clock is right twice a day. And he didn’t even talk about state and local gov’t with huge, unfunded pension obligations. At least I’m glad this trogladyte cheers HC reform. Atypical, since he’s so typically doctrinaire crackpot.

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