Current events-economic

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Public-strongly-opposes-debt-rb-2526522239.html

Public weighs in on "catastrophic economic consequences" if failure to raise the borrowing limit happens...

"The United States posted an $80 billion budget deficit in December. The government has now posted a budget deficit for 27 straight months, the longest streak on record.
A deal to extend tax cuts this year that was approved by Congress in December is expected to put a hole of more than $800 billion in the deficit over the next decade."