David Stockman: “We have a far worse fiscal situation…”

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Stockman On Budget And Downgrade
By Jeff Harding August 11th, 2011

This is an interview of David Stockman on Bloomberg Radio today by Kathleen Hayes. David goes into the budget crisis and the downgrade. As usual he pulls no punches. “We have a far worse fiscal situation….by 2012, 2013, 2014… the deficit situation is going to be dramatically worse and our ability to cope will be almost non-existent….”

This is an excellent interview on Bloomberg Radio which can be heard  Continue reading

Wondering Where the Money Went?

By DEADLY CLEAR

Like many Americans I have wondered what the actual spending habits of the government look like.  Here’s a pretty good chart the New York Times posted on the economy.
Looks like President Bush’s spending habits were about as bad as Wall Street’s securitization Ponzi scheme – the timing of the rip-offs are about the same.  The unanswered question is how much of the debt that is held by “THE PUBLIC” in state and local government pension funds is still holding value? For that matter – how much of all of that debt has actual Continue reading