…have had on the debt. The Fourth Estate owes the nation a fuller commentary on the matter of the national debt; how it is that we got here; a full…

…. A “Patriotic Debt Emergency Surtax” of 10% on income tax liability (what you would otherwise owe in income tax) until the Congress decides the Debt Emergency is over ….

…to cancel student debt for defrauded borrowers before Trump takes office. Some borrower-defense applications are still pending, and lawmakers are pushing for prompt relief. Biden has canceled student debt for…

…debt ceiling isn’t currently an issue. Trump threatened to primary any Republican who voted for a measure that did not suspend the debt ceiling. Trump’s demand highlighted that his top…

…if cntry[_n-1]==cntry gen debtgdpto90 = debtgdp + (90-debtgdp)*(debtgdp>90) gen debtgdpmin90 = debtgdp-debtgdpto90 gen debtgdpto30 = debtgdp + (30-debtgdp)*(debtgdp>30) gen debtgdpmin30 = debtgdp-debtgdpto30 reg dRGDP debtgdpto90 debtgdpmin90 l1drgdp      …

…Policy Priorities, Sharon Parrott – CBPP President Commentary on the Reported Deal to Raise the Debt Ceiling While the debt ceiling agreement announced last night is a significant improvement over…

…wrong.”), and generally positively of the Euro, declaring in response to a question about Ireland and Greece that “If anybody would leave [the Eurozone] it would be Germany.” His key…

…not by people but by institutions (many of which — this seems significant — are licensed to create credit money and associated debt ex nihilo, and use government bonds as…

by Linda Beale McConnell Tossing the Gauntlet on Debt, Taxes and the GOP’s dream of dismantling Social Security and Medicare Pretty much as I predicted, Obama’s failure to go over…

…bankrupt. Second story Firm B buys firm A’s debt. Firm B opens a repo account at AIG-FP. It holds AIG bonds and a short position in Firm A bonds in…