Economist Tells Congress: U.S. May Be in ‘Worse Fiscal Shape’ Than Greece

Tuesday, March 10, 2015
By Paul Martin

By Barbara Hollingsworth
CNSNews.com
March 9, 2015

The U.S. has a $210 trillion “fiscal gap” and “may well be in worse fiscal shape than any developed country, including Greece,” Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff told members of the Senate Budget Committee in written and oral testimony on Feb. 25.
“The first point I want to get across is that our nation is broke,” Kotlikoff testified. “Our nation’s broke, and it’s not broke in 75 years or 50 years or 25 years or 10 years. It’s broke today.

“Indeed, it may well be in worse fiscal shape than any developed country, including Greece,” he said.

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