COVER STORY: BUDGET

Entitlement Crash Still Looms, Deficit Hawks Say

The costs of a financial bailout will add more red ink to the federal ledger. But maybe the crisis will spur action to control entitlements.

by John Maggs

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008


Wall Street investor Peter Peterson is sounding the alarm on entitlement reform.

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