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Wednesday July 17, 2002
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For the first time since 1997, the federal budget is going into deficit. Diane and her guests talk about the return of the deficit and its implications for taxes, spending, and more.
Robert Greenstein, founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Dan Mitchell, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation
Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition
Linguistics professor Deborah Tannen discusses her book, now available in paperback, about conversations within families.
Deborah Tannen, professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and author of many books, including "You Just Don't Understand," "Talking from 9 to 5," and "I Only Say This Because I Love You."