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The Plan; Do it Until it Simply Can’t be Done:
Mike Folkerth - King of Simple —
Authority: 122
Good Morning all of you heavy thinkers out there in nut-so land; your King of Simple News is on the air.Yesterday we talked about nearing the end of the possibilities for continuing our charade of exponential growth representing the master plan underlying our economy. California is broke, Denver is running out of ...1 day ago -
What’s $62 trillion in deficits anyway?
James Pethokoukis —
Authority: 704
The great Andrew Biggs makes a great point about the Medicare advisory commission in the Senate healthcare bill, a cost-control measure that Peter Orszag calls one of the most potent in the bill: The new board is empowered to impose cost reductions if Medicare cost growth exceeds the growth of Gross Domestic ...1 day ago -
Cruisin’ on Empty:
Mike Folkerth - King of Simple —
Authority: 122
A big after Christmas welcome to everyone; its 8 degrees in Cedaredge, Colorado, but your King of Simple News is HOT off the press today and the King of Simple himself is hot under the collar.Humans are poor planners; of that there is little doubt. Every once in awhile, I see such compelling evidence [...]2 days ago -
The Senate left an extra present under your tree ...
KN@PPSTER —
Authority: 421
... and it really didnt attract much notice with all the fanfare surrounding the vote on Cannibal Care , which passed and is now on its way to conference to tussle out the differences between the House and Senate versions. Your second gift? The Senate voted to raise the "debt ceiling," i.e. to give itself the ...2 days ago -
While You Were Busy Today
Boom2Bust.com —
Authority: 433
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 ...4 days ago -
Why the Angry Mob Is Angry
ARRA News Service —
Authority: 534
by Wendi Lynn G, American Thinker: I, like many, have had those heart-pounding dreams where Im battling evil. When trying to cry out, I cannot utter a sound. I try to get away, but my legs wont move. At the height of fear, I wake up, relieved that it was only a dream. I wake up every day realizing that the America ...4 days ago -
Senate Passes an Increase in Debt Limit
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 904
The 60-39 vote was for a $290 billion rise in the debt ceiling, and it allowed the House and Senate to adjourn until Jan. 19.4 days ago -
Arkansas Senators Lincoln & Pryor Turn Another Deaf Ear to the Voice of Arkansans
ARRA News Service —
Authority: 534
Arkansas AFP - Little Rock, AR – This Christmas Eve, while most Arkansas families are getting ready for the holidays with their children, Senator Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor voted this morning to saddle the next generation of Arkansans with massive debt to pay for their out of control government spending.” ...4 days ago -
Hagan Bills Each Member of Your Family $40k
Carolina Politics Online —
Authority: 135
The U.S. Senate voted to increase the public national debt to $12.4 trillion in dead of night last night. They have to do these things under the cover of dark and close to the holidays when most folks won’t be paying attention. In an almost party line vote it passed 60-39. Senator Kay Hagan (D) in North ...5 days ago -
The Debt Limit Made Simple
Ft. Hard Knox —
Authority: 528
This video from The Heritage Foundation takes you to the United Estates – a gated community in sunny Florida – to help you understand the impact of Congress decision to annually raise our nations debt limit without addressing the out-of-control spending that keeps us buried in debt. (Hat Tip to Dr. Bill, of the ...5 days ago -
Consider a Little Radical Behavior:
Mike Folkerth - King of Simple —
Authority: 122
Good Morning all you pre-Christmas survivors out there in shopping land; your King of Simple News is on the air.Well, this is the last shopping day before Christmas, a condition that I take great pleasure in observing. The end of yet another year is upon us and for many of us oldsters, the [...]5 days ago -
The Debt Limit: Made Simple
ARRA News Service —
Authority: 534
This video takes you to the United Estates -- a gated community in sunny Florida -- to help you understand the impact of Congress decision to annually raise our nations debt limit without addressing the out-of-control spending that keeps us buried in debt.5 days ago -
New Labour; New Redistribution
Gaian Economics —
Authority: 112
In an era when investigative journalism is a nostalgic memory and even the best political parties worry more about how they can present a policy than whether it is right, how reassuring it is to find a report that is full of good hard numbers. Such is the recent report on assets and wealth from the Office for ...5 days ago -
The Debt Limit: Made Simple
AMERICA'S BEST CHOICE —
Authority: 127
This video takes you to the United Estates -- a gated community in sunny Florida -- to help you understand the impact of Congress decision to annually raise our nations debt limit without addressing the out-of-control spending that keeps us buried in debt.5 days ago -
Surprise! Gaming CBO rules masks how healthcare reform may actually make deficit worse
James Pethokoukis —
Authority: 704
[See update at bottom] A group of Republican senators, led by Jeff Sessions and Judd Gregg, are accusing the Democrats of double-counting Medicare tax hikes and spending cuts as both extending the solvency of the program and paying for expanded healthcare coverage. So they asked the CBO for its opinion. Here is the ...5 days ago -
House Dem blames leaders for party switch
The Ridgewood Blog —
Authority: 143
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30896.html By: Josh Kraushaar December 22, 2009 10:57 AM EST Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith announced Tuesday that hes switching parties – saying he can no longer align himself “with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our ...6 days ago -
US Senate to vote Christmas Eve on debt limit (AFP)
enUws —
Authority: 471
AFP – With the US national debt at a historic high, the Senate on Tuesday scheduled a Christmas… Read more: (AFP)"> (AFP)">US Senate to vote Christmas Eve on debt limit (AFP)6 days ago -
UK national debt not that high
My political blog and other musings —
Authority: 136
This article shows that the UKs national debt is quite low compared to other G7 countries, such as Japan and the US. The British national debt was at a low level to start off with, prior to the current recession, of 44.1% of GDP. It has thus grown by a bigger fraction because it was starting from a smaller base. ...6 days ago -
Banks in the UK Force The Sale of Homes Over Credit Card Debts
How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help —
Authority: 157
Banks and credit card companies are exploiting obscure legal powers to seize the homes of thousands of people who cannot pay their credit card bills.In some cases, people owing as little as £1,000 have been served with charging orders – the legal instrument enabling a creditor to order the sale of a property.The ...1 week ago -
Healthcare Reform: Cant Get Through to Your Legislators?
The Ridgewood Blog —
Authority: 143
Cant Get Through to Your Legislators? Call the Media! As you already know, it has become virtually impossible to communicate with your elected representatives. Senators are taking their phones off the hook, unplugging their fax machines and ignoring the thousands of emails pouring into their computers. They simply ...1 week ago
