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Found 40 items related to »spending«. Displaying items 1 to 10.

The surge in defense spending
Independent Institute by Winslow T. Wheeler 09/18/10 Accordi ng to the analysis of the Project on Defense Alternatives, between 1998 and 2010 Congress appropriated to the Pentagon $2.144 Trillion (with... ...
Blaming Obama
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo 09/15/10 As long as Obama’s been in office, Obama’s progressive supporters ‘and even some sensible conservatives’ have been ’surprised and dismayed’ that his military and... ...
The illusion of a stimulus
Independent Institute by Alvaro Vargas Llosa 09/08/10 Stimulus policies started during George W. Bush’s final year in office and have continued, with vehemence, under Obama — to no avail. The response... ...
No tears needed over the demise of the US empire
Independent Institute by Ivan Eland 09/08/10 In a recent column, Thomas Friedman, probably the most influential ‘internationalist’ — read: proponent of U.S. interventionism in faraway places — has finally... ...
Sorting facts from fables
Orange County Register by Thomas Sowell 09/08/10 Presiden t Barack Obama boldly proclaims, ‘The buck stops here!’ But, whenever his policies are criticized, he acts as if the buck stopped with George... ...
The Federal Reserve is proposing another round of "quantitative easing"
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "The Federal Reserve is proposing another round of 'quantitative easing,' although the first round failed to reverse deflation. It failed because the money went to banks, which failed... ...
Is Defaulting on the National Debt on the Table?
Dean Baker, Truthout: "In an interview last week, Rep. Chris Van Hoellen, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, persistently refused to take cuts to Social Security off the table.... ...
Consumption spending is 70% of GDP — so what?
Independent Institute by Robert Higgs 09/05/10 At first glance, this journalistic commonplace appears to make sense. Anyone can understand that, say, a store at the mall will not hire additional employees... ...
The Human Cost of Government Waste and Fraud
Dina Rasor, Truthout: "Who really suffers from fraudulent and wasteful spending? The bureaucracies get their money, the members of Congress get jobs in their districts and we put it on the federal credit... ...
U.S. Deficit Really $202 Trillion
"Enron Accounting" Has Bankrupted America: U.S. Deficit Really $202 Trillion, Kotlikoff Says By Peter Gorenstein The "real" deficit - including non-budgetary items like unfunded liabilities of Medicare,... ...