Call It Want You Want, But It's Not A Debt Crisis

NPR | Dec. 09, 2012 11:36 a.m.

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It's widely known as the fiscal cliff, but some prominent Republicans have been calling it a "debt crisis." Economists agree such a crisis may be coming, but it's not here yet. Demographic changes are forcing a reckoning of how to pay for what people want from their government.