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26 random things that could cease to function during a government shutdown
Most people pay no attention to how many areas of everyday life our federal government is involved in. Many people believe a government shutdown will not affect them even as they depend on federal services almost every day of their … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Nations, News, Politics, Predictions, Spending, United States, World Watch
Tagged Budgets, Citizens, disasters, effects, Government, People, potential, Predictions, shutdowns, Spending
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Orders of magnitude
$40,000,000,000,000 — the total government indebtedness as of 2011 $25,000,000,000,000 — the total state and local debt as of 2011 $14,590,000,000,000 — the US GDP $14,184,254,500,000 — the total national debt as of 5 March 2011 $3,550,000,000,000 — the federal … Continue reading
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Tagged Budgets, Consequences, magnitude, priorities, Spending
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More on the cost of reality
I love that the debate over stripping public unions of the collective bargaining rights has degenerated into an argument, essentially, about protecting union negotiated entitlements. In embracing this debate, both sides have distracted themselves from reality again–that is, the thing … Continue reading
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Tagged Budgets, crises, Debates, deficits, disasters, failures, Insolvency, missing the point, money, Ohio, partisan, Politics, unions, Wisconsin
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Economy busting budgets
Can someone please explain this to me because I don’t understand how it works: How does more than $5 trillion in deficit spending in four years and more than $1 trillion in new taxes, whoever they might be against, help … Continue reading
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Tagged Budgets, Congress, Debt, Economy, Government, Medicare, president, priorities, Social Security, Spending, taxes
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Spending before spending
Worldview Thought for the Day How can Obama ask Congress to start debating the 2010 budget before we have a 2009 budget?
