Government deficits are not an aberration; they are the norm. Our first (and possibly greatest) Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, called the national debt a "national blessing."
New York Times | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
There are two basic truths about the enormous deficits that the federal government will run in the coming years. The first is that President Obama's...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business
Since we didn't raise taxes in 2001, our time of surplus, those of us who do not sink under the coming depression, will wither under the burden of the coming inflation.
Marshall Auerback | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business