“Every ballot to issue new bonds should say how much debt is already outstanding, and what it costs each year.” Exceptional. Right on the money! ============== By SUSAN COMBS Austin, Texas Federal, state and local governments have generated millions of pages of unreadable prose laying out rules and regulations and asserting their authority over our lives. But the whole nation began with a Declaration of... Read more
Archive for the ‘Debt’ Category
Soak the Rich! (What rich?)
December 3 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, EconomicsThe Gov obviously miscounted something… ======== A funny thing often happens on the way to soaking the rich: They don’t stick around for the bath. Take Britain, where Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs service reports that the number of taxpayers declaring £1 million a year in income fell by more than 60% in fiscal 2010-2011 from the year before. That was the year that... Read more
Debt is Even Deeper Than Most Think
December 3 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, EconomicsLetters to the Nov. 27th story “Why $16 Trillion Only Hints at the True U.S. Debt” by Chris Cox and Bill Archer. ==== While “Why $16 Trillion Only Hints at the True U.S. Debt” by Chris Cox and Bill Archer (op-ed, Nov. 27)is on the mark, it doesn’t tell the complete story. Although it is true these amounts aren’t included in the... Read more
The 10% President
September 25 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Economics, ObamaYep, 90% of the problem is someone else’s fault. ============ A question raised by President Obama’s immortal line on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday—”I think that, you know, as President, I bear responsibility for everything, to some degree”—is what that degree really is. Maybe 70% or 80% of the buck stops with him? Or is it halfsies? Nope. Now we know: It turns... Read more
GM discounted the Volt How Much!?
September 24 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Economics, EnvironmentThe rest of the story… ============ DETROIT (AP) – General Motors rolled out the Chevrolet Volt two years ago with lofty sales goals and the promise of a new technology that someday would help end America’s dependence on oil. So it seemed like a good thing in August when sales of the $40,000 car set a monthly record of 2,800. But a closer... Read more
