bill | June 1, 2009
Needless to say Health Care is an issue that touches everyone. The new administration is looking to move toward a new methodology for curtailing the costs associated with keeping America healthy. According to the National Coalition on Health Care nearly 18% of Americans (46 Million) do not have health care. The issue is extremely frustrating [...]
bill | June 1, 2009
The following is from the Washington Post, not necessarily the venue that you would find an article like this but very much worth a read. Thank you Greg Mankiw’s Blog for this find.
bill | June 1, 2009
Want to learn what happened to Argentina and what some assume could happen here?
This is Wikipedia’s take.
bill | June 1, 2009
Robert Samuelson looks at the President’s fiscal policy.
Update: Here, via Nick Schulz, is Samuelson’s point in graphical form:
Does this mean that TBT is worth purchasing?
bill | June 1, 2009
Under President Barack Obama’s budget plan, the federal debt is exploding. To be precise, it is rising – and will continue to rise – much faster than gross domestic product, a measure of America’s ability to service it. The federal debt was equivalent to 41 per cent of GDP at the end of 2008; the Congressional Budget Office projects it will increase to 82 per cent of GDP in 10 years. With no change in policy, it could hit 100 per cent of GDP in just another five years.
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