Overview: Deficit: Why Should I Care?.Second Edition) explains the implications of one of the biggest (if not the single biggest) economic concerns of our time—the burgeoning $15 trillion American national debtAt the turn of this century, the American national debt stood at just under $6 trillion and the deficit at a "mere" $86 billion. Today, the national debt has topped $15 trillion, and the yearly deficit for 2012 is projected at a whopping $1.2 trillion. .This new, second edition of .Deficits: Why Should I Care?. updates all the statistics, charts, and forecasts, while adding a new chapter
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