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National Debtbusters
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A news blog that posts stories related to the National Debt and the state of the United States economy.
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In thrall to a long-dead experiment
By Patrick McIlheranMilwaukee Journal SentinelWe are all Keynesians now, Richard Nixon is said to have said. Too true, says Hunter Lewis, who's got a new book on how the famous British economist is still messing with your life.And he is. We are all f...
Record US deficit stokes concern
By Martin Crutsinger WashingtonWhat is $1.42 trillion (R10.4 trillion)? It is more than the US's total national debt for its first 200 years and more than $4 700 for every American man, woman and child.It is also the 2009 US federal budget deficit, t...
Newest National Debt Statistics Posted September 2009
Here are the newest National Debt statistics courtesy of www.Treasurydirect.gov (U.S. Treasury Department) effective Sept. 11, 2009.Debt Held by the Public$7,488,352,210,282.27Intragovernmental Holdings$4,306,343,094,699.45Total Debt (9/11/09)$11,794...
Area residents travel to D.C. to protest increasing national debt
The Herald MailHagerstown, Md.September 12, 2009HAGERSTOWN — More than 400 people from four states traveled Saturday from Hagerstown to Washington, D.C., joining thousands of others for the March on Washington, a rally protesting big government, bo...
China alarmed by US money printing
The US Federal Reserve's policy of printing money to buy Treasury debt threatens to set off a serious decline of the dollar and compel China to redesign its foreign reserve policy, according to a top member of the Communist hierarchy.By Ambrose Evans...
Newest National Debt Statistics Posted August 2009
Here are the newest National Debt statistics courtesy of www.TreasuryDirect.govAs of Aug. 24, 2009Debt Held by Public$7,385,932,492,348.44Intragovernmental Holdings$4,333,128,433,517.42Total Debt:$11,719,060,925,865.86Interest payments:July 2009$19,8...

