Originally Posted by skillfull

U.S. Comptroller General David Walker has done a service to all Americans in describing the huge threat to our well being posed by the huge and growing debt and commitments the nation faces. Rather than presenting each full-time worker with bill for $350,000 for the nation?s obligations, Congress and the President must fix programs like Social Security and Medicare. And they must have a financial system that will give them information they can rely on, one that requires full and reliable public disclosure of all the nation?s commitments in the government?s financial statements and budget.