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U.S. Deficit Predicted to Explode over Next Decade

The Congressional Budget Office predicts that over the next decade, the U.S. government will accumulate another $855 billion in deficits. What does that mean to consumers? NPR's Tony Cox explores the issue with Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect magazine.

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