• Large Future Deficits
• Demographics
• Future Costs
• Macroeconomic Problems
• Slow Economic Growth
• Generational Accounting
• Increased Interest on Debt
• Capital Flight
• Economic Solutions
• Social Security
• Medicare
• Discretionary Spending
• Taxes
• Political Limitations
• Ideological Difference
• Partisan Politics
• Public Awareness
• Deficit Politics
• Entitlement Spending
• Policy Recommendations
• Complete Recommendation


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