Podcast: Ticking Debt Bomb

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Podcast: Ticking Debt Bomb

CQ Budget, Episode 67

A GPO worker stacks the budget for fiscal 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Posted July 2, 2018 at 9:22am

BY DAVID LERMAN AND PAUL M. KRAWZAK

The Congressional Budget Office recently issued an alarming report on the nation’s debt outlook, which CQ senior budget reporter Paul M. Krawzak says should worry millennials.

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