The mortgages themselves are marvels of financial engineering (see "Mortgaging The Future"), designed to protect borrowers and lenders against high inflation.

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If we can't get the deficit under control and begin paying back this debt, we will be mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren.

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For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present.

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