From Holden:

Economists view Bush’s deficits as a greater threat to the U.S. than terrorism.

The U.S. budget deficit is a bigger threat than terrorism, a survey of top economists published Monday said.

In its twice-yearly survey of assessing risks to the domestic economy, the National Association of Business Economics found that 27 percent of those polled said the deficit was the single biggest threat to economic growth in the near-term, while 24 percent said that terrorism was the biggest threat.