America’s National Debt Bomb Caused by the Welfare State
byThe news is filled with the everyday zigzags of those competing against each other for the Democrat and Republican Party nominations to run for…
National Debt
Why Government Deficits And Debt Do Matter
by[This piece first appeared here http://www.epictimes.com/richardebeling/2015/05/why-government-deficits-and-debt-do-matter/] The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported in early May that for the month of April 2015 the Federal government…
Government spending to decrease? You’re having a laugh!
byBeneath, I explain that, under the condition that the current financial system is not restructured, the proportion of the economy run by government, rather…
An easy £10 bn of deficit reduction and £200 bn off the National Debt
byI praise the Coalition government for their first brave attempt to tackle the £156 bn deficit with their £6 bn of net cuts. This,…
The Emperor’s New Clothes: How to Pay off the National Debt & Give a 28.5% Tax Cut
byI offer a £1,000 reward for anyone who can tell me why this logically won’t work, practical politics, for now, being another matter. What…
Laurence Kotlikoff’s “Jimmy Stewart is Dead”
byJimmy Stewart plays George Bailey who is cast as the “honest” and trustworthy banker in the classic Hollywood film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Kotlikoff’s…
All in a Family Way, A New Pastoral Ballad by the Poet, Thomas Moore
byThis was written in 1826, when the government was trying still to pay for the Napoleonic War. Peel used what has now become the…