To pick a nit, Magik, didn't you seriously doubt the $43 trillion figure when someone else posted it? Anyway, I was only aware of the @$4 trillion number. This is interesting and scary news.
Long term budget planning and forecasting by governments is just starting to seem silly. We plan for 5 years, then redo all the numbers next year.
These numbers are getting so cartoonishly large that I think we should just quit listening to any of them. It makes me
Today, Congress is considering letting those $10.5K - $26K families back in on the $400 bump.