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"I have titled today’s talk Good News for the Grandchildren. By that, I mean that I do not believe that there is a need to worry that today’s debts will be passed on to our current youth. Before this recession it appeared that absent action, the government’s long-term commitments would hit a wall in a few decades. I believe the government response to the recession has created budgetary stress sufficient to bring about the crisis much sooner."