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Article: Icahn Expresses Deep Concerns About Exploding National Debt and Corporate Waste; Pushes for Corporate Governance Change.
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- September 19, 2008
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NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Financier Carl Icahn on Friday expressed deep concerns about our growing national debt and the ability of our economy to service this debt.
In a new post issued today on his blog, The Icahn Report (http://www.icahnreport.com/), Icahn went into some depth concerning how our national economy is being weighed down by years of fiscal irresponsibility - both on a governmental level and in the boardrooms of corporate America.
"Waste and inefficiency are rife in corporate America and laws must be changed to make it easier for shareholders to combat this," said Mr. Icahn.
"It has gotten so egregious that my ...