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Ep. 99 - Tackling America's Debt Problem with Romina Boccia


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America's national debt now has surpassed $38 trillion, and we're adding another $2 trillion each year with our deficit spending. The situation is even more bleak when you consider our unfunded liabilities for the future. Couple that with the cliffs we're facing on Social Security, the continued problems with Medicare and Medicaid that we're seeing play out in Congress now: It feels like an insurmountable problem.So how in the world do we get America's finances back to some orderly system? Romina Boccia is the Director of Budget and Entitlement Policy at the Cato Institute, and she spends her days analyzing problems and promoting solutions around debt, entitlement, federal spending broadly. She's the co-author of a new book, Reimagining Social Security: Global Lessons for Retirement Policy Changes. Romina also serves on the board of America's Future.

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