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The Campaign to Fix the Debt Is Launching a New Washington Chapter

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AMERICA'S PUBLIC-DEBT IS NOW OVER 16-TRILLION DOLLARS--AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.  THAT'S WHY STATE-SENATOR STEVE HOBBS IS CO-CHAIRING AND HELPING TO LAUNCH THE WASHINGTON-CHAPTER OF THE CAMPAIGN TO FIX THE DEBT--A CAMPAIGN THAT'S DEDICATED TO FINDING BIPARTISAN POLICY-SOLUTIONS TO BRING THE DEBT UNDER CONTROL...

(HOBBS):
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OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, THE SIZE OF AMERICA'S PUBLIC-DEBT HAS AVERAGED BELOW 40-PERCENT OF THE ECONOMY.  BUT, TODAY, DEBT HAS SURPASSED 70-PERCENT OF OUR NATION'S ECONOMIC-OUTPUT--AND COULD GROW PAST 200-PERCENT OF G-D-P, BEFORE KIDS WHO ARE BORN TODAY TURN 25, IF WE DO NOTHING.  MORE NATIONAL-DEBT WILL MEAN HIGHER INTEREST-RATES ON CONSUMERS' CREDIT-CARDS, CAR-LOANS, AND MORTGAGES.  AND, IT MEANS AN INCREASED TAX-BURDEN ON OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN--WHILE THREATENING THEIR SOCIAL-SERVICES AND RETIREMENT.  ALSO, GOVERNMENT-DEBT WILL CROWD-OUT PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION OR INFRASTRUCTURE--LEADING TO BOTH SLOWER ECONOMIC-GROWTH AND LOWER WAGES.  EVENTUALLY, OUR NATION COULD FACE AN ECONOMIC-CRISIS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN ITALY AND GREECE."

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HOWEVER, SENATOR HOBBS BELIEVES THAT THERE'S STILL TIME FOR OUR NATION'S LEADERS TO ACT...

(HOBBS):
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INACTION IS NOT AN OPTION:  WE NEED TO ENACT A PLAN THAT STABILIZES DEBT, AS A SHARE OF THE ECONOMY.  AND, WE NEED TO DO IT SOON.  INDEED, SMART AND GRADUAL DEBT-REDUCTION CAN REVERSE THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC- AND GENERATIONAL-CONSEQUENCES OF ELEVATED- AND RISING-DEBT.  A CREDIBLE PLAN WOULD STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY--BY KEEPING INTEREST-RATES AND INFLATION LOW, DECREASING UNEMPLOYMENT, AND GETTING RID OF ECONOMY-DISTORTING TAX-LOOPHOLES.  RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE MANY PROPOSALS TO CHOOSE FROM; POLICYMAKERS NEED TO START FOCUSING ON SELECTING THE BEST IDEAS--AND IMPLEMENTING THEM--AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN OUR PETITION--OR FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN TO FIX THE DEBT--CHECK OUT 'FIX-THE-DEBT'-DOT-ORG."

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THAT WEBSITE, AGAIN, IS "FIX-THE-DEBT"-DOT-ORG.



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