The deficit, obviously, is the big to-do in the world these days, and the question usually is, “What do we do about the deficit?” but the actual question should be, “Why do we have a deficit and what can be done to solve the underlying problems that are creating the deficit?”

To get answers, we talked to Jon Walker of FireDogLake.com, who has been producing some excellent coverage of the healthcare crisis and its effect on our nations deficit.