February 9, 2011 · 3 comments
in Obama, Obama Effect, US economy, bailout, bankruptcy, debt, government, news and updates, politics, stimulus, unemployment
Now we know that a whopping 32 states are officially bankrupt, and that apparently, the US government has been engaged in shadow bailouts of these states, i.e., “giving them money under the table.”
In addition, all that money that states borrowed from the Federal government in order to continue to pay unemployment benefits? Now they won’t [...]
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February 9, 2011 · 1 comment
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The Economic Policy Journal recently released a list of U.S. States that are officially bankrupt (i.e., insolvent). These states are receiving SHADOW BAILOUTS from the federal government. As Zero Hedge puts it, “one can only wonder how many other shadow programs are currently in operation to fund states under the table with federal money.” He [...]
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January 17, 2011
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This spring of 2011, United States Congress will vote on whether or not to raise the debt ceiling. What is the US debt ceiling? The debt ceiling refers to the total cap on U.S. borrowing through Treasury issuances of debt, in the form of bonds, to domestic and foreign holders.
If you think the U.S. is [...]
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April 13, 2010 · 10 comments
in US Treasury, US debt, budgets, central banks, debt, deficits, economy, international economy, money supply, news and updates, world order, world reserve currency
Thus spake the Congressional Budget Office on the long-term future of American fiscal integrity (or rather, the coming lack of it). As Niall Ferguson reported in his piece for the Financial Times back in February,
“The long-run projections of the Congressional Budget Office suggest that the US will never again run a balanced budget. That’s right, [...]
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