Advertisement

October 30, 2009

Deficit Hawk Hysteria

William Greider, The Nation

Send to a Friend

The deficit hawks are flapping their wings and making a terrible squawk about the government's gusher of red ink. Good grief, a federal deficit of $1.4 trillion! What will become of us?

Read Full Article ››

TAGGED: economy, budget

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

October 29, 2009
Why Dems Should Start to Sweat
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
October 28, 2009
The Age of Obama: All Falling Down
Victor Davis Hanson, Pajamas Media
October 28, 2009
$250 Checks for Elderly Overlook Reality
David Leonhardt, NY Times
If you wanted to help the economy and you had $14 billion to bestow on any group of people, which group would you choose: Ida May Fuller in 1950, at age 76, when her benefits increased. She received the first Social Security... more ››
October 21, 2009
Trillions of Reasons to Worry About Spending
Jay Ambrose, DC Examiner
A friend recently gave me a sense of how much a trillion is with an illustration you can also find on various Internet sites. A million seconds, he said, is 12 days, while a billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds? That's... more ››
October 30, 2009
We're Governed By Callous Children
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
The new economic statistics put growth at a healthy 3.5% for the third quarter. We should be dancing in the streets. No one is, because no one has any faith in these numbers. Waves of money are sloshing through the system,... more ››