Kathryn Anne Edwards: There’s a secret third path to escaping America’s debt trapThe U.S. deficit has reached $1.97 trillion and is on track to pass 6% of gross domestic product this fiscal year, the latest milestone in a remarkable deterioration of the federal budget. With national debt at a record $40 trillion, the feeling that the music must stop at some pointPittsburgh Tribune-Review1d agoWhole story →Economyfederal budget deficit