Posts Tagged ‘ National debt ’

A National Debt That Will Never Be Repaid

Jan 7th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
As you read this, the U.S. government owes just a sliver under $14 trillion dollars to various suckers who’ve lent it money. And it wants to borrow more. Timothy Geithner warned that a failure to raise the debt limit would mean the government would not be able to make the payments ...read more

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Federal Government Provides Entitlements at the Cost of Collapse

Apr 16th, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
The year 2010 has America reeling on the brink of total, disgusting, annihilation, whether the D.C. Gang admits it or not. Look at us. We have debts, currently at close to $13 trillion, and committed spending of $170 trillion, both amounts far too large to comprehend. We have borrowed and ...read more

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The Pittsburgh Tea Party

Apr 22nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Yeah, we drink tea in Pittsburgh.  But really, Pittsburgh is more of a shot-and-a-beer kind of town.  What else would you expect from the place that – back in 1794 – challenged the authority of the newly established national government in the Whiskey Rebellion.  I wrote about it five years ...read more

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