Jearlyn Steele

Highlight: The 'How's and 'Why's of the National Debt

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Earlier this month, the national debt reached $31 trillion for the first time.  What factors contributed the amount ballooning as much as it has (especially in recent years)?  Marc Goldwein, Senior VP & Senior Policy Director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, offers an explanation, as well as some of the ways he would try to chip at it.