Balance the Budget by 2039? Wanna Bet?

Written By: Michael Applebaum, MD  |  Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

          A recent budget proposal of Paul Ryan's purports to balance the budget by around 2039 -- possibly a decade or so earlier based on an alternative scenario.  The plan will take decades to work (if at all).

          As with every federal budget, certain assumptions are made.

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