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A debt hawk and a debt dove on what the future could hold for federal debt
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 1 day agoThe U.S. debt is close to the highest it has ever been as a share of our gross domestic product. Well, our colleagues over at The Indicator From Planet Money spoke to a < ...
Full of surprises
Politico· 2 weeks agoLet’s get to it. In today’s edition: → Ottawa is raising the debt ceiling. That’s one of the finds in the annual budget-cycle Easter egg hunt. → Ambassador KIRSTEN HILLMAN ...
Social Security and Medicare finances look grim as overall debt piles up
Anchorage Daily News· 1 week agoOfficials project that Social Security will be insolvent by 2035, and Medicare by 2036, which would...
Opinion | What Would Happen if the U.S. Suddenly Seemed Like a Risky Investment?
New York Times· 2 weeks agoFinancially speaking, the United States has been a Teflon nation. If the United States becomes dysfunctional enough, global investors will rationally conclude that the safe haven isn’t safe ...
Defense spending / Affordable condos / Northern Lights
Bangor Daily News· 3 days agoU.S. Sen. Susan Collins is among a group of lawmakers who want to increase defense spending beyond...
Travis Toews: Canada's return to prosperity starts at the ballot box. Government spending must be...
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 1 week agoLast month’s federal budget has been called “the worst … in decades.” It is hard to disagree....
Mississippi Lt. Gov. vows to stall health coverage for the poor until Trump is elected
The Raw Story· 2 weeks agoMississippi's lieutenant governor wants to pump the brakes on plans to expand Medicaid in the state...
Pentagon announces $400 million in Ukraine arms transfers
Federal Times· 6 days agoThe Pentagon on Friday announced a $400 million tranche of weapons for Ukraine, its second package...
US inflation will soar if America doesn't undergo reindustrialization, investment manager says
Business Insider· 1 week agoPrices in the US could keep going up if the US doesn't "reindustrialize" its economy, Richard...
Congress should approve Pentagon’s latest multiyear procurement pitch
Federal Times· 1 week agoThe Pentagon recently sent Congress some draft bill language to consider this year that reads like...