The Stimulus Opportunity

The Stimulus Opportunity by Patrick Ruffini | December 29, 2008 at 12: ... the largest, fastest expansion of the national debt in American history (a/k/a the "economic stimulus ... in the plan's focus on Old Economy ditch-digging projects. Here's David Brooks, TR Republican, giving [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 05:48:52

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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

On Stimulus, It's Easy Being Green

A new poll from Politico suggests that the public does not see Barack Obama's stimulus package in the same category as one of the myriad number of ... -term effort to balance the budget and lower the 66 national debt Lower taxes for the middle class 59 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 00:35:00

The Same Old Song And Dance

I have said this before, but it is worth repeating: ... of our national debt, to include the largest annual budget deficits, were all brought to you via Republicans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 16:19:16

Contest and Sale: Dining on a Dime print book from Living on a Dime

Tawra Kellam and Jill Cooper of Living on a Dime are amongst the most renowned frugal-living experts on the internet today.  Their books, both in print and e-book have enabled mothers nation-wide to pay down their debts and save money on groceries, children’s items, gifts, home decorations, beauty products and many other household needs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 23:16:36

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

Kirchick: gays, cool your jets on Warren

Blenders, what is your take on this piece by Jamie Kirchick, "The Gay Community Needs to Calm Down About Rick Warren"? ... that will no doubt be fought in the years ahead. Getting rid of the odious and national security-weakening "Don't ... a political debt to us when these truly significant issues come up for debate. But how sincere [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 20:36:49

Weird Questions

01.If all the nations in the world are in debt(i am not joking. Even US has got debts), where did all the money go? (weird). 02 ... they remember that they forgot? (can somebody help). 16.Can you blow a balloon up under water? (yes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:45:55

Flotsam and Jetsam

Flotsam and Jetsam Jennifer Rubin - 11.25.2008 - 8:12 AM Bloomberg reports: “The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7 ... for the deficit and the national debt. And, oh yes, to inflation.  So the prudent investor will go long [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 13:12:53

The Economic "Stimulus"

The Economic "Stimulus"by Thomas Sowell Two centuries ago, when there were plans to create a huge fund of money to pay off Britain's national debt, the great classical economist David Ricardo [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:29:00

synthetic bonds

By Robert WaldmannFelix Salmon explains how to make a synthetic bond ... can the notional value of CDSs be greater than the US national debt ?update: The title was supposed to be a joke [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 14:49:00

Democracy 2

Democracy 2 Posted in RAPIDSHARE, Small-Games, Strategy Democracy 2 http://snipurl.com/9fe0j-theloo  www_positech_co_uk { ... , and still turn around the economy and deal with the national debt? Be warned it's not as easy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 03:05:18

King hints at need for ‘aggressive’ cuts

King hints at need for ‘aggressive’ cutsBy Alex Barker, Political CorrespondentPublished: November 26 2008 03:26 | Last updated: November 26 2008 03: ... to fiscal stability”.“The implied ratio of debt to national income only starts falling in 2015-16, which [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 15:51:00

Just $217,000 per job

image Crushed by $6,700 per household in new debt Brian Reidl over at NRO has 10 simple questions about Obama’s debt plan: 1) ... with the national average salary around $40,000. Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just mail each of these workers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:32:42

How to Restart Our Republican Engines!!!

How to Restart Our Republican Engines!!! Filed under: General — Robert Farrow @ 11: ... spending, corruption, an increase of the national debt, spending bills galore with no vetoes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:17:12

COVERSATIONS WITH READERS!

CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS REFERENCE: THE DAJA VU ARTICLE -- A LOOK BACK TO SEE AHEAD! James R. Fisher, Jr ... of debt can’t let the debtor nations go under because they, too, will suffer the same fate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 16:28:00

Four Michigan US Senate candidates endorse Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty four point agenda

The Natural Law Party in Michigan has endorsed Ralph Nader for President. The Taxpayers (Constitution) ... of foreign policy, privacy, the national debt., and the Federal Reserve. The full text of the “ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 15:58:40

Chinklechankle - Equus in NYC

omg, omg, omg! i still cannot get over the fact that i ACTUALLY got to see daniel radcliffe in Equus last weekend!!! ... by the national debt clock - depressing, isn't it? P1010039 P1010039 will in front [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:15:21

Debt Rattle, September 11 2008: Confidence and perception

National Photo Co. Vest Test September 13 1923 W.H. Murphy of the Protective Garment Corp. of New York stands less than ten feet from Frederick County, Md. Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Smith in police headquarters and lets the deputy fire a .38 caliber revolver straight at his chest. When the bullet hit, Murphy never batted an eye [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 16:33:09

Trial lawyers have money problems

Washington Times: The trial lawyers lobby has been awash in debt and bleeding members - just as it embarks on a national campaign to block any clampdown on medical malpractice lawsuits as part of President Obama's health care overhaul. The American Association for Justice, the most prominent group representing plaintiffs' attorneys, has seen a shake-up in its executive suite and has struggled to deal with what appears to be a mounting budget shortfall. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 16:48:00

Advice To Pres. Obama (#2): Yes We Can, But Will We?

We are at a major crossroads in the history of our nation and our world ... flows) - and 2)instead of issuing this new debt, all the world's billionaires and nations in monetary [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:49:43

Panic! (A vision of the future)

... and old garbage since the 70’s and selling it to you. There is no shortage! National debt? Ha! We’ve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:30:29

10 Ways to Bail Out Wall Street (and Main Street) Without Soaking Taxpayers in Debt

By Chuck Collins and Dedrick Muhammad, AlterNet. Posted September 25, 2008 ... government will simply borrow more money to foot the bill for the bailout. The national debt ceiling [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 21:49:30

Too Bad They Can't Spell 'Ecuador'

*Also, this should be renamed in terms of national DEBT rather than gross domestic product. Qxou4g [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 19:33:11

The Governator Takes to Twitter and Widgets to Pass California Budget

California is yet to pass Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget, ... the famous National Debt clock in New York that recently ran out of digits. The widget, powered [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 21:21:53

U.S. National Debt Clock in real time

After accessing this web site, click on the word ‘About’ at the bottom of the page to read the explanation regarding the clock. clock. Go here… [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 07:11:50

Will they Request a Congressional Bailout?

How Soon Before AMI's CEO Mr. Pecker asks for a congressional bailout: National Enquirer Publisher Near Bankruptcy American Media Inc ... the debt, leaving the old shareholders with just 5 percent of the company. The bondholders ... . 1 deadline to make a $21 million interest payment on its $1.1 billion debt. The company has retained [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 01:28:06

Harper’s retrospective on the Bush era

Bush will be givning his last address to the nation tonight.  I won’t be watching ... debt and accrued obligations: $10,350,000,000,000 Total value of U.S. government contracts in 2000 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:30:45

Commentary: King paved the way for Obama

Clarence B. Jones, CNN - Next week, the day after our national holiday commemorating the 80th birthday of Dr ... and institutional racism in the United States. America owes a great debt to Dr. King. Prior to him, our nation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:40:01

Debt-Financed Consumer Spending Spree?

From the Wall Street Journal article "Hard-Hit Families Finally Start Saving, Aggravating Nation's Economic Woes": ... " and you get 600 results, and for "credit card nation" you get almost 400 results. But the consumer debt data ... Rick and Noreen Capp recently reduced their credit-card debt, opened a savings account and stopped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:56:00

AWAKEN ! REVIVE ! STRENGTEN !

.fullpost{display:inline;}Indonesia On The MoveCarl Delfeld, 12.25 ... of ASEAN's population and one-third of its GDP. The nation's debt-to-GDP ratio has been declining [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:02:00

Risky Times (For Payment)

As companies suffer from slowing sales, growing inventories, and failing clients and suppliers, payment risks are at the front of many people’s minds. But it is no longer eager foreign companies ... of malicious debt evasion and breach of contracts by importers in certain nations or regions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:46:27

Six Simple Steps to Avoid Credit Problems in a Bad Economy

The New York Times ran a story today that says the next consumer crisis is credit cards — a sobering fact in a nation that has racked up massive amounts of credit card debt. Unfortunately, when times get hard, many people turn to credit cards ... TVs, but about necessities like medical bills. As a result, I dug myself deep into debt [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 23:20:31

A growing financial burden By John Schenkenfelder Mr ... to revive America's economy. In the short term, we can easily justify massive tax cuts, corporate ... this nation has selfishly failed to balance its budgets and reduce debt. When the economy is back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:44:03

Luetkemeyer to address St. Charles GOP on Friday, backs balanced budget amendment

Luetkemeyer Newly sworn-in U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth, is be in St ... to Congress and requires a 3/5 majority vote to increase the debt limit, while also providing an exception in times of national emergencies. A constitutional amendment will force Congress to eliminate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:45:10

Debt Rattle, November 30 2008: How to Build a Lifeboat

National Photo Co. Mack Sennett Girl 1919. Actress Marvel Rea, one of film producer Mack Sennett's well-rounded "bathing girls" Stoneleigh: ... , this is the list we have run periodically since we started TAE (with one addition at the end): 1) Hold no debt ... that getting rid of debt is priority #1 is that during deflation, real interest rates [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 20:00:51

Bank of America Seeks Second Bailout From Treasury Department

Yesterday, I speculated on the question of whether a bailout of those in credit card debt would be fair ... bailout funds to one of the nation’s largest credit card issuers. Just when I had begun to think ... of banks that would survive the banking crisis and benefit from consolidation in the industry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:32:04

Corporate Greed: Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act

Pundits, journalists and even economists have strained to find the reasons for our nation’s economic meltdown, ... on their homes or piling up credit card debt for non-essentials, millions of Americans had no choice ... stumbling over tortured concepts like “structured investment vehicles” and “collateralized debt.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:29:58

Debt Rattle, November 23 2008: How can I convey to you?

National Photo Co. Happiness 1919 A child holding the Thanksgiving turkey. Ilargi: It may seem sort of hard to decide which idea is sillier. But then again, that's not really fair. The nonsense oozing from Bush and Canadian PM Harper in Peru about how free trade will solve all our problems within the next 18 months goes way beyond silly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 20:47:32

More People Struggle With Medical Debt As Recession Deepens

Increasing numbers of people in the U.S. are facing problems with medical debt, an issue likely to figure "prominently in the looming national debate over reforming health care," Kaiser Health News/Washington Post reports. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:10:23

Christopher Campbell's The Moviegoer - All I Want for Christmas

Want to buy a multiplex? In the coming weeks or months, a number of National Amusements cinemas should be up for sale ( ... that $800 million debt he was supposed to settle by December 19th, which has come and gone without ... the banks could do about the matter. After all, Redstone already defaulted on the debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 14:30:53

Karl Marx

I have put this quote at the end of a thread , but it deserves it's own : " ... and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable.The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalized, and State [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:56:13

links for 2009-01-10

Is the Implementation Lag for Infrastructure Investment a Problem? - Econbrowser Why stabilisation policy should focus on the poor - voxeu.otg Andrew Mellon vs Bailout Nation - Bill Gross The Fiscal Stimulus: What Will Work? - Bruce Bartlett Debt and Wealth - Nick Rowe U.S. Monetary Policy Objectives in the Short and Long Run [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 10:21:27

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

Quote of the Week: On the new stimulus/bailout

"It's like you have a swimming pool, and you try to increase the height of the shallow end by taking buckets out of the deep end. It's foolhardy."George Mason University economics professor Walter WilliamsNational debt clock/counter: What do you owe?http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/About the US National Debthttp [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:06:00

Debt Rattle, November 20 2008: Look What Reward the Serpent Got

National Photo Co. God and Ford 1924 Ford Motor Co. building on Pennsylvania Avenue, Metropolitan Methodist Church on C Street Washington, D.C. Ilargi: If Wall Street were forced today to take a breathalyzer test and walk a straight line, it would lose its license and be locked up [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 22:40:26

How to Teach Teens to Spend Responsibly

As job prospects for college grads darken, many parents are weighing bailouts or other support for young-adult children with heavy debt loads, ... . Such a strategy, says Gail Cunningham, a spokeswoman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling ... consumer item. To teach teens to avoid such problems, credit counselors suggest giving high-school [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 13:49:01

Anticipari?

De pe mail: “Owners of capital will stimulate working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks which will have to be nationalized and State [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:38:08

Debt Rattle, December 4 2008: The throws of a drunken darts player

National Photo Co Cabbage 1918 Washington, D.C., Food Administration: Making sauerkraut Ilargi: ... , and do so exponentially. Whether automakers get their federal billions or not, they won’t be able ... its limits. I've been thinking about the impossible conundrum that the autoworkers union, the UAW [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 23:54:24

Cram Down Nation: Do Lenders Fear Obama?

Cram Down Nation: Do Lenders Fear Obama? ... to reorganize an individual’s debt, but it does not give them authority to fundamentally alter a person’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:39:42

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