When big spending Barrack Obama left the White House the national security budget properly measured totaled a staggering $822 billion. That included $600 billion for defense, $46 billion for security assistance and international operations and $177 billion for veterans compensation and services, which reflects the deferred cost of prior wars.
How the Bipartisan War Party Fostered Fiscal Ruin
Tag: National debt of the United States
Powell Makes Unexpected Admissions During Prank Call With Fake Zelensky
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made several bizarre, if not shocking, admissions during a prank call with two Russians posing as Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky, where they discussed topics ranging from inflation, to the Russian central bank, to joking about having a ‘printing press’ in the basement and possibly setting up a federal reserve bank in Kiev.
Powell Makes Unexpected Admissions During Prank Call With Fake Zelensky
Inside Russia: Economists Describe Impact Of Sanctions And Ukraine War
Ben & Jerry’s Founder Is ‘Top Donor’ of Group Campaigning Against U.S. Military Support for Ukraine
A group funded by Ben & Jerry’s founder Ben Cohen is running a media campaign against U.S. military support for Ukraine.
Ben & Jerry’s Founder Is ‘Top Donor’ of Group Campaigning Against U.S. Military Support for Ukraine
The government may stop issuing Social Security payments after the debt limit is hit — here’s why
An obscure provision of a 1996 law makes the Social Security trust fund vulnerable
The government may stop issuing Social Security payments after the debt limit is hit — here’s why (archived)
Sanctioning China Will Destroy The Dollar | America’s Ultimate Mistake
If the United States and its allies impose sanctions on China, this could be the greatest financial mistake in all of modern history. Unlike Russia, China is more resilient and has deeper ties across the global economy. Punishing China will likely backfire against the dollar and unleash a de-dollarization wave that could knock it off the reserve status. Here’s what you must know!
Sanctioning China Will Destroy The Dollar | America’s Ultimate Mistake via Sean Foo
Related:
One Year After Russia Mega Sanctions, Senate Asks ‘Can We Do Same To China”
Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom
“Autocrats only understand one word: no, no, no. No you will not take my country, no you will not take my freedom, no you will not take my future… A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people’s love of liberty. Brutality will never grind down the will of the free.”—President Biden
Oh, the hypocrisy.
Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom
Democrats Lambast GOP Plan to Abolish Income Tax and Impose 30 Percent Sales Tax
The Long-Term Economic Implications of the Ukraine War
The human suffering in Ukraine is predicated on massive U.S. military aid, and is transforming an ailing country into a bankrupt failed state
The Long-Term Economic Implications of the Ukraine War
Manchin Wants Deal on Debt, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin [Democrat] said Thursday that Congress needs to deal with the nation’s “crippling debt” by making changes to shore up Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other programs he said are “going bankrupt.”
Manchin Wants Deal on Debt, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
Joe Manchin, speaking at a conference for CEOs, blames the stimulus checks us plebs received for causing inflation! It couldn’t have been the PPP loans, that were forgiven, or the handouts for the Military Industrial Complex every year! 🙄
FYI, Biden didn’t say anything about protecting Social Security from his own party:
“I will not cut Social Security,” the president said. “I will not cut Medicare, no matter how hard they work at it.”
‘I Will Not Yield’: Biden Vows to Fight Any GOP Attack on Social Security, Medicare
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