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Trillions & counting: Cooper calls for fiscal task force
Tennessean The U.S. government was already headed for fiscal disaster and then the problem got $3 trillion worse over the past year, Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper and others said Monday. They were... ...
The global credit system is in a state of paralysis
What to Do Paul Krugman, New York Review of Books: "What the world needs right now is a rescue operation. The global credit system is in a state of paralysis, and a global slump is building momentum as... ...
Recent Fed machinations
Liberty & Power by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel 10/25/08 Many believed that Ben Bernanke had begun pumping up the money supply as early as the end of last year in response to the financial situation. But... ...
U.S. Faces $1 Trillion Deficit
csmonitor.com — The U.S. government's extraordinary effort to rescue the banking system may have pulled America's economy back from the brink, but it comes at a cost — helping to push an already bloated... ...
US budget deficit hits record $454.8 billion
Houston Chronicle 10/14/08 The federal budget deficit soared to $454.8 billion in 2008 as a housing collapse and efforts to combat the economic slowdown pushed the tide of government red ink to the highest... ...
Wall Street: A new Iraq War
Asia Times by Pepe Escobar 10/09/08 The Wall Street US$810 billion — and counting — bailout is being interpreted by millions of angry Americans as no less than a class struggle weapon of mass destruction.... ...
What $700 billion could buy
The Progressive by Ruth Conniff 09/24/08 There is no doubt that the Bush Administration’s massive $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street will pass, in some form, in the coming days. Whether or not... ...
New President Will Inherit $438 Billion Debt
Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post: "Weak revenue growth and accelerated spending - including an economic stimulus package that returned billions to taxpayers - will drive the federal deficit to $407... ...
Obama, McCain and the coming fiscal disaster
Chicago Tribune by Steve Chapman 07/10/08 Federal budget policy is a dry subject with far too many numbers and charts, which makes it uninviting to most Americans. But the theme of the current budget... ...
More Attacks on Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker writes for Truthout, "Last month, a bipartisan group of prominent budget experts had a press event at the Brookings Institution where they argued that ... major cuts in Social Security, Medicare... ...