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Super Committee: What If Congress Does Nothing?

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

On Monday, the 12-Member "Super" Committee on debt and deficit formally announced its failure to compromise on the nation's debt situation. Earlier in the week, Craig addressed the questions of "What now?" and "What's next?" but now we ask, "What if we do nothing?" Today, Craig is joined by the Executive Director of the Concord Commission, Bob Bixby, to discuss what doing nothing would accomplish. An article in the Off the Charts Blog says taking this passive route could reduce deficits by as much as $7.1 trillion.

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