02/01/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"The budget of the United States is indisputably in terrible shape, and we remain on an unsustainable path."
"And it also increases the risk, as Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson told us, of a fiscal crisis that might occur."
"Right, well, fundamentally, is it not true that the deficits continue to rise and rise steadily because they are increasing faster than economic growth?"
"Thank you for your insightful report and comments. They are very important to us."