My Daily Domestic Clips 07/27/2010 (a.m.)

• Opinion: Want to Create a Nation of Savers? Start at Birth – Annotated tags: finance obama areyousorryyet?
  • (July 23) — Without much fanfare, savings disappeared from the national economy, replaced by rising levels of debt used to finance ever-expanding consumption.

    It’s an unsustainable path, and one that contributed to the Great Recession we are still struggling to overcome. And while turning us into a nation of savers isn’t going to happen overnight, we have to start somewhere.

    And a good place to start is where savings habits are formed — with our children.

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