Little Book on the BIG Debt

Hiatus

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: Doom Letters, Little Book on the BIG Debt, Regurgitator, Satire, Super Serious, podcast

I am not writing. I mean, I am writing this, but I am not writing. I have stick-to-it-ive-ness problems. Temporary hiatus, effective like 3 months ago when I stopped writing.
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FY 2009’s Debt Cost Thoughts

Dec 9th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Little Book on the BIG Debt

Admittedly, this is a bit delayed. These numbers have been out for over a month, and I am just now getting around to digesting them. I will get into the numbers in a second, but first I want to discuss a general theme that needs to be taken into account when looking at FY 2009’s [...]



The Greenspan Commission Trap

Oct 25th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Little Book on the BIG Debt

This is the second installment on what will be a long series regarding the national debt and how it affects political policies.

In 1981, President Reagan established a commission to review the fiscal soundness of social security. The chairman of the commission was Alan Greenspan, who went on to head the Federal Reserve and lay the [...]



What is the national debt?

Jul 28th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Little Book on the BIG Debt

I would like for all of you to pretend with me for a minute. Say we all have excellent credit ratings and we have access to virtually boundless amounts of borrowed money. Now, the kicker of this deal is that we also don’t have to ever pay any of the money back, all we have [...]



US National Debt Maintenance

Oct 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Little Book on the BIG Debt

Oh my god, are you excited or what? I am gonna write about interest payments on the national debt now. I can just feel the excitement from all three of you. Anyway, I never find anything online to explain how this works in a clear way. Every year, the US government gives rich people 100’s [...]