Getting a handle on America's massive and growing national debt will only be more difficult if lawmakers keep postponing the effort.
In a report released Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) attempted to attach some math to the difficult policy decisions that lie ahead. Regardless of when lawmakers decide to address the $30 trillion national debt, just stabilizing it (that is, implementing policies to stop it from growing relative to the nation's economy as a whole) will require that "income tax receipts or benefit payments change substantially from their currently projected path."
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