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  • U.S. government: $61.6 trillion in financial promises not paid for

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...-in-debt_n.htm

    USA TODAY has calculated federal finances based on standard accounting rules since 2004 using data from the Medicare and Social Security annual reports and the little-known audited financial report of the federal government.

    The government has promised pension and health benefits worth more than $700,000 per retired civil servant. The pension fund's key asset: federal IOUs.
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