WASHINGTON — It's a painful dilemma. The expected growth of the federal government budget deficit to $1.2 trillion this year could swamp future generations with a tidal wave of debt. But failure to spend huge piles of money on stimuli could capsize an already foundering economy.
ANALYSIS: Deficit spending is tough medicine
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | 4:28 p.m. CST;
updated 4:40 p.m. CST, Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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