Perspective | As Washington dithers, ‘unsustainable long-term fiscal future’ looms

No matter how the nation’s debt limit debate is resolved, there’s a related, but less noticed issue that will continue to plague America well after the partisan recriminations subside.

“The federal government faces an unsustainable long-term fiscal future” is the blunt warning in a new report from the Government Accountability Office, the government’s main auditor.