New Study Says Students Are Not Taught Basic Finance

by Tony Peyser

On the same day that this came out
A new report made it very clear
Bush’s budget will up the deficit
By $200 billion a year.

Adding some insult to injury
That yearly toll it now appears
Will have to be paid off over
At least the next ten years.

While the financial forecast
For young people isn’t sunny
They’re not the only people
With problems managing money.

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Tony Peyser provides poems and weekly cartoons for The Santa Monica Mirror and writes the new BuzzFlash column, "Blue State Jukebox." He was also a daily cartoonist for the L.A. Times from 1994 to 1997. You can contact Tony via email at tonypeyser@yahoo.com.

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