“There’s nothing that says that America has...
“There’s nothing that says that America has to be richer than other countries. National power comes from hard work, savings, investment and good policy. If we don’t work hard, if we don’t save, if we don’t have good policy, we won’t reverse this.”
--Lawrence B. Krause, a professor of international relations at UC San Diego, on the United States’ growing foreign debt.
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