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A combination of President George W. Bush's tax cuts and Obama's post-financial-crash stimulus had, in a decade, taken federal debt from 33% of US national income to 62% in 2010. Unreformed, it was projected to keep rising, to 90% in 2020
Michael Green • In Gold We Trust? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (Kindle Single)
In magnitudes that Argentines could only dream of, the U.S. government has been spending more than it raises in taxes, and American consumers and businesses have been importing more goods than they have been exporting, with borrowing from foreigners covering much of the gaps. The record budget deficit of about $413 billion for 2004, and the record
... See morePaul Blustein • And the Money Kept Rolling in (And Out): Wall Street, the Imf, And the Bankrupting of Argentina: Wall Street, the IMF and the Bankrupting of Argentina
Each took place at a time when conflicting demands on finite government resources were high, and rentiers wielded reduced political power.6 Currently we’re beginning to see the financial oppression in developed countries. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe, governments have forced their social security funds to only buy government
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