1. What is the difference between deficit and debt? Why do you think people confuse the two? What is our current budget deficit (www.debtclock.org) and current National Debt?

2. According to the program Ten Trillion and Counting, entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid represent the biggest threat to the U.S. budget deficit. What reforms do you suggest to help avoid an unsustainable increase to the debt?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/tentrillion/