>Most people understand how much they spend, and how much they
>have/owe. They probably don't refer to these as deficit spending or
>debt. Would it be easier to figure out how to reach what they know
>than teach them a new language?
But it's not a new language. It's what's in the papers and on tv every day. Also, we don't want to support the faulty comparison between household budget and government budget that the right has used for years now do we?