Falling off the fiscal cliff

Lynn Schmidt talks with G. William Hoagland from the Bipartisan Policy Center who explains why the federal deficit is out of control and no one, including the two presidential nominees, wants to address it. 

Editorial board member Lynn Schmidt will host conversations about the big issues and worries facing America — the things keeping her guests up at night. Schmidt wants to begin conversations about how we can begin solving those issues. Guests will include experts and politicians from across the country, political spectrum and generations, including presidential candidates, authors, former Congress members and more. Schmidt is a member of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board.