S&P Downgrade of U.S.: What Nerve!
Posted: 8/6/2011 2:41:00 PM
Here are five quick thoughts on S&P's downgrade of U.S. debt.
1) Let's get this out of the way first. What nerve. S&P is one of the credit rating firms that just four years ago were g…
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It's Time to Really Start Worrying about Default
Posted: 7/17/2011 12:21:00 PM
As we head into a potentially pivotal week in the crucial debt limits talks in Washington, here are what I believe are the four most troubling questions about the impasse – and the even more troub…
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Note to Toomey: “Prioritizing” Spending Would be a Chaotic Nightmare
Posted: 6/17/2011 10:45:00 AM
Debt Ceiling: Complete Coverage
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., has an idea, and it's a not a good one. He's the intellectual leader of a movement in Congress that believes faili…
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After TARP, Financial Armageddon is Very Real
Posted: 6/2/2011 11:47:00 AM
There are now just two months to go before all the tricks the Treasury is deploying to keep the government from hitting the debt ceiling no longer work. With luck, negotiations will produce a budg…
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GOP Overreaches on Medicare...Again
Posted: 5/26/2011 11:13:00 AM
Too bad Newt Gingrich took back what he said on Meet the Press about the House Republicans' plan to transform Medicare being radical and politically dangerous. He was right, as evidenced by the re…
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