Getting Out Of Credit Card Debt

Now that the nation is fully aware of how much debt we are facing as a country and individuals the time has come for each person to address their own personal finance demons.  The one thing that commonly holds consumers back from achieving their financial goals is high interest credit card debt.  Statistics vary on how much debt each household is currently carrying but the sad truth is many people are living paycheck to paycheck just trying to make ends meet.  When credit card payments [more...]

Date: 2009-09-07 06:00:00

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Euro Benefits - Revisited

Back in 1999 - 2000 there was a great debate about whether UK should join the Euro ... national debt) as there is less fear of governments defaulting.Greater confidence. The current turmoil ... to persist with unsustainable deficits. For example, Italy has national debt of over 105% of GDP [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:34:00

Will America Split, Again?

A Russian professor, Igor Panarin, has been predicting for more than 10 years that the U.S. will soon break-up into smaller parts ... . There is no shortage of cracks in the current system we live under. Our rapidly rising debt to other nations ... request (treasury certificates) what do we do next?On another note, Florida is looking and sounding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:32:00

Canada elections 2008, Part II

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Part I of the p2pnet party platforms feature outlines Conservative, Liberal, NDP, Green and Bloc Quebecois policies ... . The CHP would eliminate the national debt which is currently at $600 billion dollars. Better [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 13:19:49

Late Night Political Humor

“All five living presidents met for a historic lunch at the White House this week ... The current national debt is estimated at over $10 trillion, which breaks down to about 35,000 dollars [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:55:10

Why Can’t We Just Learn to Live Together?

There’s a rather angry exchange going on in econ-blog land ... be financed. The additional government debt means that existing current resources just move from one use ... national income accounting to know that that is what he is assuming. He does not understand [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:58:35

huge tarp nothing more than a band aid

With its share price under renewed pressure, it looks as though CitiGroup is again on the verge of bankruptcy, ... s stop the charade and fully nationalize the company, including: The removal of the current ... . A wipeout of existing stakeholders, debt and equity alike. Forced write-down of bad debt.” Yahoo [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 14:14:46

WHEN YOU GO BANKRUPT

by Bart Icles The total nation is currently confronting a joyless mercantile situation. As we have been using out of funds, it competence be beneficial to have a Chicago failure counsel by your side so we can begin meditative about a uninformed start. The Chicago failure law was upheld to assistance honest people have a brand new begin by a rejecting of many of their debts. The law additionally allows people to compensate their debts over an lengthened length of time. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 10:13:17

20 Comments on the Current Economic Scene

1) There are firsts for everything. Americans paid down debt for the first time, according to a Federal Reserve Study that started in 1952. America has always been a pro-debt and pro-debtor nation. It goes all the way back ... year period. But, the Pilgrims did extinguish the debt. Us, well, I’m amazed at the decrease [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 21:00:40

"Adding a Trillion Dollars in Debt is Quite Manageable"

This is from an interview of Kenneth Rogoff: ...The Long-Term Consequences of Debt Region: Well, let's talk about the U.S. debt and its long-term consequences, in the context of the current economic crisis. The Stabilization Act authorizes $700 billion, some of which will contribute to the growth of national debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:21:49

Economist predicts layoffs through 2010

Hahn The current recession will be the nation’s longest and deepest since the Great Depression, ... reductions in consumer spending. A continuing flood of home-loan payment adjustments that will result ... – and borrowing trillions of dollars to finance the difference. We have been on a 25 year debt binge [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 12:59:06

Government Binge Spending

As Washington’s attention has been focused on trillions of dollars in fixes for the current economic meltdown, ... the U.S. Treasury. By 2050, Medicare, Social Security and other costly programs will expand the national debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 21:18:57

Reversal of Fortune

As recently as June 2008 the Council of Foreign Relations was reporting Persian Gulf Nations' Bulging Coffers Bring 'Wrenching Transformation' ... of its roughly $80 billion in foreign debt coming due in 2009, Dubai will likely require a significant loan from Abu Dhabi—particularly as it can no longer finance its current account deficit by borrowing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:08:31

The Kangaroo is Still Hopping

T oday was one of those days when a couple of trends came together that should be making us think seiously about changing our current fiscal and monetary policies. The first thing I was was this debt chart from John B Taylor that shows how our current policy will effect the national debt. Projected national nebt as a percentage of GDP This what you call your unsustainable debt path. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 03:07:24

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