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Post by sigurdur on Jan 28, 2018 20:56:36 GMT
It really did. Which brings the question, WHAT did we GET for all that debt increase? We feel good? Why am I not feeling good? I am feeling as if I got fleeced, and I don't like that feeling!
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 30, 2018 0:12:22 GMT
apnews.com/79871c1fec6f4d4eb56d4ea175b51105WASHINGTON (AP) — With the government’s budget deficit rising, the Treasury Department announced Monday that it expects to borrow $441 billion in the current January-March quarter, the largest amount in eight years.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 6, 2018 16:29:13 GMT
Not really, as it isn't in the top 20 of market corrections.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 6, 2018 18:14:18 GMT
WEll, he probably started with more perhaps?
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 6, 2018 23:16:34 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 9, 2018 19:48:58 GMT
Both have valid points, but I personally don't think it is going to happen near term, as in the next decade. Longer term, I think it is inevitable.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 20, 2018 7:41:07 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 8, 2018 15:50:33 GMT
Tax Law Doesn’t Pay for Itself, Harvard Economists FindStudy estimates net cost of $1.2 trillion to the Treasury over a decade www.wsj.com/articles/tax-law-doesnt-pay-for-itself-harvard-economists-find-1520506800By Richard Rubin March 8, 2018 6:00 a.m. ET WASHINGTON—The recent changes to the U.S. tax law will increase economic growth modestly but not fast enough to pay for themselves, according to a new estimate from a pair of economists from different sides of the political spectrum A confirmation of previous economic activity. I don't find their findings surprising at all.
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 26, 2018 21:48:17 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 26, 2018 21:52:25 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on May 9, 2018 2:08:19 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Jun 19, 2018 13:16:43 GMT
Biggest problem with Medicare and SS is that we are currently 20+ trillion in debt.
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Post by sigurdur on Jun 29, 2018 15:47:15 GMT
It will happen, but higher interest rates are not in the near future.
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Post by sigurdur on Jun 30, 2018 1:12:07 GMT
$792 Billion increase in debt so far fiscal year 2018. On track to exceed $1 Trillion again.
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Post by sigurdur on Sept 12, 2018 1:05:07 GMT
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