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Ignoring the U.S. debt problem won’t wash it away

By Philip Klein
Published August 28, 2014 10:47pm ET
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Ignoring the U.S. debt problem won’t wash it away
Just like a heart patient straying from his diet as time passes after his heart attack, the political class has collectively decided to tune out the federal debt as an issue. (iStock) | Oleg Zakharchenko

There are few characteristics of human nature that are more immutable than the tendency to be focused on the short term.

And just like a heart patient straying from his diet as time passes after his heart attack, the political class has collectively decided to tune out the federal debt as an issue.

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