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The Social Security Dilemma
The Social Security dilemma By: Brenton Smith The experts at the Tax Foundation fret that the current debate about extending the debt ceiling has lost track of the fact that Social Security is a major […]
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Removing The Debt Barrier To Economic Growth
Removing The Debt Barrier To Economic Growth By: Michael Hudson and Paul Craig Roberts Out of habit, American economists worry about federal debt. But federal debt can be redeemed by the Federal Reserve printing the […]
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U.S. About to Hit $20 Trillion in Debt: How It Affects You
U.S. About to Hit $20 Trillion in Debt: Here’s How It Affects You By: Shaun Bradley As the vulture pundits in the mainstream media pick apart hollow political scandals, the essential bankruptcy of the federal government […]
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The End Of A 100 Year Global Debt Super Cycle Is Way Overdue
March 2017: The End Of A 100 Year Global Debt Super Cycle Is Way Overdue By: Michael Snyder For more than 100 years global debt levels have been rising, and now we are potentially facing […]
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The Bankruptcy Of The Planet Accelerates – 24 Nations Are Currently Facing A Debt Crisis
By: Michael Snyder There has been so much attention on Greece in recent weeks, but the truth is that Greece represents only a very tiny fraction of an unprecedented global debt bomb which threatens to […]
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Guess What Happened The Last Time The U.S. Dollar Skyrocketed In Value Like This?…
By Michael Snyder Over the past decade, there has been only one other time when the value of the U.S. dollar has increased by so much in such a short period of time. That was […]
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Europe’s Debt Crisis: 5 Things You Need to Know
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — It’s been about 18 months since the sovereign debt crisis in Europe began attracting attention in global financial circles. In that time, the crisis has grown into the biggest challenge the […]
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Rep Justin Amash: I Still Have Not Received a Single Call, E-mail, or Text from Republican Leadership
By US Representative Justin Amash Rumor has it that I’ve been removed from the House Committee on the Budget. Remarkably, I still have not received a single call, e-mail, or text from Republican leadership confirming […]