FYI, There are several articles about the debt / deficit issues at http://www.commondreams.org/ http://www.truthdig.com/ I recommend these in particular: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/12-3 (from James K. Galbraith) http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_gops_sick_priorities_20110712/ (from Robert Scheer) Gerry