keywords: national debt, fiscal responsibility, us debt crisis, drowning in debt, spending crisis
Synopsis:
Illustrates in graphic detail the fact that the current level of spending by the United States Federal Government is simply not sustainable. Shows a graphic comparison of interest payments on the national debt, mandatory spending, discretionary spending, and borrowed money that adds to our national debt.
President Barack Obama makes statement on deficit spending and the national debt, "if we make the hard choices now to rein in our deficits we can make the investments to win the future".
