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The U.S. is on a Fast Track to Bankruptcy

Sheldon Filger | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics


Sheldon Filger

There is no rabbit to pull out of a magician's hat.

Why Barack Obama Cannot Prevent America's Next Great Depression

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business


Sheldon Filger

President Obama may be fated to travel the same path as Gorbachev, and like him, end up as a valiant failure.

October U.S. Deficit: $237.2B

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 12.15.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The federal government began the new budget year with a record deficit of $237.2 billion, reflecting the billions of dollars the go...

Spending Surge On Financial System Pushing Deficit Towards $1 Trillion

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery and Dan Eggen | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business


Congressional leaders and both presidential candidates are proposing billions of dollars in tax breaks and other measures to stoke economic growth, a ...