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The Congressional Budget Office projects that if the Bush administration tax cuts are extended indefinitely, there could be a 10 year budget deficit of $2.9 trillion. Two economists join Diane to talk about the relationship between government deficits and economic growth.
Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
Peter Orszag, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution and author of "Saving Social Security"
On their 43rd wedding anniversary, Diane and John Rehm talk about marriage as they have experienced it, and about the conversations they've had about relationships of all kinds, since the publication of their recent book Toward Commitment (Knopf).
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