August 25, 2011
The United States doesn’t settle for second best. And that’s never been more true than our beloved country’s ability to rack up record-setting deficits. Yesterday, the CBO released its projection that the country’s deficit this year would total $1.3 trillion (that’s $1,300,000,000,000.00). For you history buffs, a $1.3 trillion dollar deficit is “only” the third [...]
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August 9, 2011
The S&P downgrade of U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ reminds me of the Christian Bale’s character (Dicky Eklund) in the movie, The Fighter. We’ve been walking around like we’re the “pride of Lowell,” but now we’ve been slapped down to reality. If there’s any doubt about this, check out what China had to say [...]
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