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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: ‘Red Ink’ in the Federal Budget: Understanding Why the U.S. Has So Much Debt

Updated: October 25 2012,
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With a federal budget of $3.6 trillion, a deficit of $1 trillion and a total debt of $16 trillion, it can be difficult to fully comprehend where all this money comes from and what the U.S. government spends it on. Paul Solman talks to The Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel about his new book “Red Ink,” a primer to the budget.