Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month April 2011
The problem with our political system, simplified
“The Ryan proposal could be the foil Obama needs,” said former Bill Clinton adviser Paul Begala, who could not sound happier at the prospect. “I hope every vulnerable Republican in Congress signs on to the Ryan plan to kill Medicare,…
Federal entitlement spending is unsustainable
From Bill Gross at PIMCO Unless entitlements are substantially reformed, the U.S. will likely default on its debt; not in conventional ways, but via inflation, currency devaluation and low to negative real interest rates. Gross says entitlements are where the…
Will the plans to reduce debt include military spending?
If not, then it’ll be more play-acting, just like the budget negotiations, when they magically reached an agreement right before the deadline. And nothing of substance was actually done.
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