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Category Archives: National Debt
The Digital Sovereign or SOV
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Most of us have heard of “Bitcoin”, but how many of us know anything at all about the SOV? The SOV is a cryptocurrency soon to be released by the Republic of … Continue reading
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 | Congressional Budget Office
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 | Congressional Budget Office. Note from P.L. Johnson The budget deficit for FY 2015 is estimated to come in at $468 billion, which is calculated at 2.6% of GDP and will be the lowest … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, National Debt, News and politics
Tagged ACA costs, Budget Deficit, CBO, Congressional Budget Office, JCT
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President’s Budget of the U.S. Government FY2014
Budget of the U.S. Government.
Transcript And Audio: Vice Presidential Debate : NPR
Transcript And Audio: Vice Presidential Debate : NPR.
Outside Spending for 2012 Election
Outside Spending | OpenSecrets.
DNC 2012: Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention (Full transcript) – The Washington Post
DNC 2012: Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention (Full transcript) – The Washington Post.
Are the Republicans Really Going to Renege?
Opinion by Patricia L Johnson When it comes to politics, voters have many different levels of interest, so I’ll only list a few. We have voters that spend a considerable amount of time paying attention to what goes on in … Continue reading
Congressional Budget Office – Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update
Congressional Budget Office – Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update.
Posted in Economy, National Debt, News and politics
Tagged Budget and Economic Outlook, CBO
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Does the Tea Party owe approximately $378 Million in Interest?
By Patricia L Johnson The consequences of default on U.S. Government obligations would be so horrific that U.S. law allows the Treasury Department to utilize various methods to avoid default, including suspending investments into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability … Continue reading
Two Years – The length of their term, and their level of maturity
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Another day and nothing in sight yet that looks like it might be an end to the debt ceiling argument. The economy keeps getting worse which is exactly what the Republicans want … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections 2012, Government, National Debt, News and politics
Tagged Congress, Cut Cap and Balance, Debt Limit, deficit surplus, Democrats, economics, Employment, Great Recession, H.R. 2560, Legislation, President Clinton, President George W. Bush, Republicans, Tea Party, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, War
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You can lead a Horse to Water, but you cannot make it Drink, Write a Letter or Make a Call.
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath You voted the Republicans in – now vote them out. We don’t need a National election for you to tell the GOP what you think of their refusal to increase the debt … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, Economy, Employment, Government, National Debt, News and politics
Tagged big business, Debt Limit, Democrats, Economy, GOP, Independents, Job Creation, Members of Congress, National elections, oil subsidies, President George W. Bush, President William J. Clinton, Republicans, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, Unemployment
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Toward An Understanding of the Effects of Natural and Man-made Disasters on Unemployment and GDP -Or- Blame it All on Einstein
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath The massive earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale struck Japan on March 11, 2011 and was followed by a gigantic tsunami causing untold damage resulting in the meltdown of three nuclear … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections 2012, Employment, Global Warming, Government, Health and wellness, National Debt, News and politics, Only in America News, Safety and Security
Tagged Albert Einstein, consumer confidence, Daiwa Institute of Research, Earthquake, Emergency Declarations, Federal Reserve, FEMA, Fire Management Assistance, Fukushima Power Plant, GDP, Great East Japn Earthquake, Japan, Major US Disasters, March 11, NOAA, Richter Scale, Tornado Deaths, Unemployment, United States
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“Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours,”
By Patricia L Johnson The above quote translated from French into English reads “A good sketch is better than a long speech” and is supposedly attributed to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821. I can’t confirm whether or not he said it … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections 2012, Government, National Debt, News and politics, Only in America News, U.S. History
Tagged 2012 Election, budget, Deficit Spending, economics, President George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush, President Ronald Reagan, President William J. Clinton, Republicans, Tax-cuts
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Only the Shadow Knows
By Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah and former Ambassador to China, announced his candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on June 21, 2011 with the Statue of Liberty in the background. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections 2012, Government, National Debt, News and politics, Only in America News, U.S. History
Tagged 2012 Election, budget, campaign, Cato Institute, Deficit Spending, economics, Governor Jon Huntsman, President George W. Bush, President Ronald Reagan, President William J. Clinton, Reaganomics, Republicans, Tax-cuts, The Shadow
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Summary of Misleading Facts from FactCheck.org on GOP Debate
“Summary In the first New Hampshire debate among 2012 presidential hopefuls, we found a number of incorrect, misleading or shaky factual claims: Pawlenty was wrong when he boasted that he was “one of the few governors” to respond to a … Continue reading
Now Is the Time to Call In the No Interest Loans
By Richard Walrath and Patricia Johnson Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) made the following statement on May 5, 2011, “Nothing is off the table except raising taxes”, as quoted on the speaker’s blog . The comment was made in … Continue reading
Posted in Government, National Debt, News and politics
Tagged average wealth, Center for Responsible Politics, Congress, Debt Limit, Deficit, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Job Creation, Korean War, National Debt, no interest loans, President George W. Bush, President Ronald Reagan, President William Clinton, Republicans, Speaker of the House John Boehner, Vietnam War Surcharge, World War I, World War II
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Budget Talks Eye $1 Trillion in Cuts
Wall Street Journal “By JANET HOOK And COREY BOLES WASHINGTON—White House and congressional officials said Tuesday that they were moving closer to a budget deal that would make a “down payment” of more than $1 trillion in cuts to federal … Continue reading
In the News – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission released its final report on January 27, 2011. The Commission was formed in May of 2009 as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, Public Law 111-21. The 10 Members of the Commission consist … Continue reading
In the News – State of the Union
Opinion by Patricia L Johnson The Federal government of the United States consists of three branches, the Executive, Judicial and the Legislative. Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires the President to provide Congress with information on the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Employment, Government, National Debt, News and politics, Only in America News, U.S. Courts
Tagged Article II Section 3, Executive, Judicial, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Antonin Scalia, Legislative, President Obama, State of the Union Address, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Federal Government, U.S. House, U.S. Senate
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Note to GOP – Creating Babies is NOT the Same as Creating Jobs
Republicans were put back in control of the House partially based upon their promises in their “Pledge to America”. You only have to read 271 words into the pledge to come to the following statement, which is the first time … Continue reading
A $145 Billion Increase to Deficit?
An opinion by Patricia L Johnson Determining whether or not a particular bill will be beneficial to this country generally begins with a request to the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] to determine costs involved and budget impact. In March of … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Health, Uninsured, National Debt, News and politics
Tagged 112th Congress, CBO, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Budget, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PL 111-148, PL 111-152, Republicans
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GOP Definition of “Cut Spending”
An opinion by Patricia L Johnson The GOP’s Opening Argument: Cut Spending, Cut Spending, Cut Spending is an article written on January 3, 2011, by Derek Thompson and published in the Business section of The Atlantic. Thompson confirms what we … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, National Debt, News and politics, War
Tagged Afghanistan, Democrats, Pakistan, President Obama Stimulus Bill, Republicans, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Senator Kelly Ayotte, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator March Rubio, Senator Pat Roomey, Senator Richard Burr, Senator Ron Johnson, Tea Party, U.S. Deficit, U.S. House, U.S. Senate
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What would Warren Buffett say to the National Commission?
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath President Obama’s Executive Order of February 18, 2010 established the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform whose mission includes: “identifying policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and … Continue reading
What Was the Intent of Our Founding Fathers on Taxes for the Rich?
By Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson The very first year the U.S. began taxing there were 7 tax rates beginning with the minimum tax rate of 1% and a maximum tax rate of 7%. It appears our founding … Continue reading
U.S. House Says NO to Extended Unemployment Compensation
The final vote on the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act took place at 2:01 pm on November 18, 2010. The following members, almost all Republicans, voted “Nay” which made it impossible for the bill to pass: Aderholt Akin Alexander Austria … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Employment, National Debt
Tagged Deficit, Election 2012, Republicans, Tax-cuts, U.S. House, Unemployment Compensation
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Yeah or Nay on Earmarks?
By Administrator Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated on November 15, 2010: “…today I am announcing that I will join the Republican Leadership in the House in support of a moratorium on earmarks in the 112th Congress…” Seems this … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, National Debt, News and politics, Uncategorized
Tagged 112th Congress, appropriations, ARTICLES and ANSWERS 2011, Bob Schieffer, earmarks, Face the Nation, Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003, Office Of Management and Budget, Senator Mitch McConnell, U.S. Budget, U.S. House
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Do You Really Want to Know About Tax Cuts?
An opinion by Patricia L Johnson New legislation will be required in order to extend the tax cuts put into place by President G.W. Bush in 2001 [PL 107-16], otherwise they will expire at midnight on December 31, 2010. Recently … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, National Debt, News and politics
Tagged ARTICLES and ANSWERS 2011, Deficit, Estate Tax, Generation Skipping Transfer Tax and Income on Estate, Gift Tax, Individual Income Taxes, Patricia L Johnson, PL107-16, Revenues, Senator Mitch McConnell, Tax rate schedule, Tax-cuts, Unified Credit
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Deficit Chart
(Click Chart to enlarge) The above chart represents deficit increases by year, based on legislative changes that applied to that particular year. During the period of FY 2001 through FY 2009, legislative changes increased the U.S. Deficit by 5.4 trillion … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, National Debt, News and politics
Tagged ARTICLES and ANSWERS 2011, FY2001, FY2002, FY2003, FY2004, FY2005, FY2006, FY2007, FY2008, FY2009, Patricia L Johnson, U.S. Deficit
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If the Economy Was Any Better, We Couldn’t Handle It
January 24th, 2007 By Richard Walrath How many years has it been now that we’ve heard daily about how “good” the economy is? Why is it, then, that $3 T — that’s three trillion dollars — has been added to … Continue reading
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ARTICLES and ANSWERS 2020 