From USA Today: “Retiree benefits grow into monster”
Taxpayers owe more than a half-million dollars per household for financial promises made by government, mostly to cover the cost of retirement benefits for baby boomers, a USA TODAY analysis shows.Read the whole thing. Unless you’ve been reading my blog, then you’ve heard it before.
Federal, state and local governments have added nearly $10 trillion to taxpayer liabilities in the past two years, bringing the total of government's unfunded obligations to an unprecedented $57.8 trillion.
That is the equivalent of a $510,678 credit card debt for every American household. Payments on this delinquent tax bill must start soon if financial promises to the elderly are to be kept.
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I am a Canadian. Just curious if you or anyone else ever had the chance to analyze Canada's fiscal obligations and commitments.
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