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Why worry about budget deficits?
Why should we be concerned about continuing federal budget deficits?
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Why do people who have so much money feel poor?
Why do so many people in the United States feel they don’t have enough money?
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Why tax the rich?
Why should those with higher incomes be taxed at higher rates?
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Why not go back to the “Gilded Age”?
Why wouldn’t we like to return to the prosperity of 1870 to 1913?
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Why Not "Free Trade"?
Why not remove all trade barriers to a single global economy?
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Why worry about trade deficits?
Should we be concerned about the U.S. running a trade deficit?
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Why not privatize the government?
Why shouldn’t the government be run like a business?
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