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• Looking back and looking forward.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  As the US debt-to-GDP ratio rises towards 100%, policymakers will be tempted to inflate away the debt. For example, US inflation of 6% for four years would reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio by 20%, as it happened following WWII. The debt-to-GDP ratios projected over the next ten years are unsustainable and can be reduced ...
  16 hours ago

• While You Were Busy Today

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 432
  While you might have been preoccupied with other things this Christmas Eve, various Washington institutions took a page out of the FDIC bank closure playbook… From the Associated Press’ Laurie Kellman: The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase ...
  1 day ago

• A Democratic Christmas Party

  
  The Classic Liberal Blog — Authority: 525
  How the Democratic Party does Christmas. Pelosi, Reid to Hold Closed-Door Meetings to Decide Final Bill... The latest example of violating principles of transparency and accountability in the single-minded pursuit of legislative victory. Obama vents frustration at Senate delays President Barack Obama on ...
  2 days ago

• Merry Christmas, America: Your Government isnt going to Default on its Loans

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  When Senate Republicans and Democrats reached a compromise recently to allow a final health care vote earlier than planned on Christmas Eve, they also made room to finish off the year with a vote to raise the nations debt limit temporarily. This is good news for all of you that didnt want to see the economy collapse ...
  2 days ago

• Tea Parties, Third Parties and the Republican Party

  
  Big Government — Authority: 816
  The struggles of the Democrats and the Republicans are making news.  The Democrats are learning that it is far easier to make campaign promises than it is to govern. As for Republicans, the party that loses the Presidential election often spends the off-year attempting to refine its message if not find a new message ...
  3 days ago

• Student Loan Debt Consolidation : Few Tips for student debt consolidation

  
  financing auto loan mortgage loan car insurance — Authority: 136
  Student Loan Debt Consolidation Consolidating loans will put together all your parents and students loans into one big loan from one lender. This amount will be used to repay your due amount of your loans. You can consolidate most of the federal loans that you have taken along with FFELP, Perkins, HEAL, Direct ...
  3 days ago

• Debt Relief Scam Network Hit With Racketeering RICO Lawsuit

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 157
  I’m researching a question a reader asked me and came across this RICO complaint that I wanted to post. The complaint is long but contains the elaborate scheme of how people who are in financial trouble can be sucked into an idea and lose a lot of money by believing in the validity of such [...]
  4 days ago

• Global recovery: Don’t bet on anything being a sure thing at this time short term.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  If the global recovery doesn’t pan out, we will be back to the crash period we had when the financials started collapsing. There would be another leg down globally, only this time, it would be much worse for the developed nations. Don’t bet on anything being a sure thing at this time short term. Most believe the ...
  5 days ago

• ObamaCare: Turning Wine into Water

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 463
  By John W. Lillpop Up until quite recently, brain dead liberals have persisted in arguing that Barack Obama is the modern day equivalent of Jesus Christ. The Savior with a Blackberry, a laptop and the nuclear codes, if you will. However, whereas Jesus was able to upgrade a common element like water into wedding ...
  6 days ago

• Federal over-spending is a bipartisan problem: 2 letters

  
  eLetters — Authority: 440
  Re: “Let bipartisan panel tackle deficit,” Dec. 13 guest commentary. Sen. Mark Udall says a bipartisan panel should tackle the federal deficit. What Sen. Udall doesn’t say is that the panel will be comprised of high-spending Democrats and high-spending Republicans. Who does he think has been doing the ...
  6 days ago

• This Week in Deficit Hawks

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  On Thursday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), in an attempt to become more " relevant ," held a hearing in search of fiscal remedies to the countrys growing $12 trillion debt. Rather than provide a platform for exploring different options, though, Lieberman lined up witnesses to trumpet a special congressional ...
  1 week ago

• The Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival!

  
  Billy Hallowell Online: Politics, Media & Society — Authority: 91
  As always, I was delighted to put together Facing Up / Public Agenda ’s most recent budget blog carnival .  Below, find the republished carnival!  If you want to know the various perspectives on America’s fiscal woes, this is the entry to read!  Enjoy. Facing Up to the Nation’s Finances is back with a ...
  1 week ago

• Deconstructing the Deficit

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  When discussing the federal budget deficit, I should be clear that reducing it right now is absolutely the wrong policy to pursue. It will likely strangle the meager recovery thats underway, and attention should primarily be focused on reducing the growing cost of health care. Having said all that, if deficit ...
  1 week ago

• Let’s Be Frank, Mr. Vice President: The Stimulus Failed

  
  Big Government — Authority: 816
  Today, the State of Georgia welcomes Vice President Joe Biden for an update on the administration’s so-called stimulus bill. With national unemployment sitting today at 10%, and worse in Georgia, the White House’s credibility on stimulus success is dubious at best. Yet as proper manners would dictate, we owe the ...
  1 week ago

• I’m in a Debt Settlement Program and Getting Sued by My Creditors. – Cathy

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 157
  Cathy wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to ...
  1 week ago

• Pelosi says rallying votes for troop surge in Afghanistan will be Obama’s job – Washington Post

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 172
  Washington Post Pelosi says rallying votes for troop surge in Afghanistan will be Obamas job Washington Post President Obama will have to argue his own case to House Democrats as he seeks support for a planned surge of 30000 troops into Afghanistan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said ...
  1 week ago

• House passes temporary measures to end 2009 – Washington Post

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 172
  Christian Science Monitor House passes temporary measures to end 2009 Washington Post The House pushed through a last-minute flurry of legislation Wednesday including a $626 billion Pentagon funding bill, a short-term rise in the nations debt limit and an extension of unemployment and health ...
  1 week ago

• Senate plan is called too empowering to health insurers – Washington Post

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 172
  Reuters Senate plan is called too empowering to health insurers Washington Post The Senate health-care bill could enable insurers to avoid some of the strongest consumer protections and benefit requirements adopted by state governments, Democratic lawmakers from Maine and California say. ... ...
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• House Backs $290 Billion Increase in Federal Debt Limit

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 463
  The House has approved legislation giving the federal government the ability to borrow a whopping $290 billion to finance its operations for just six additional weeks.
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• Banks Hoarding Cash in Europe Drives Treasurers to Record Bonds

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 139
  For all the cash provided by the European Central Bank to ease the worst seizure in credit markets since World War II, financial institutions in the region are unwilling to lend, using the money instead to invest in the safest, most liquid government securities. Bond investors are offering money like never before as ...
  1 week ago

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