Showing posts with label national debt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national debt. Show all posts
Friday, October 22, 2021

TGIF: That Bloody Government Debt

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The government's attraction to borrowing is hardly a mystery. If the politicians had to extract every dollar they wanted to spend direct...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

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My latest column for the American Institute for Economic Research is "To Really Cut Taxes, We Must Cut Government Spending."
Monday, September 25, 2017

End Government Borrowing

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My latest column at the American Institute for Economic Research is "End Government Borrowing."
Monday, May 09, 2016

Guess Who

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At least one presidential candidate speaks favorably of printing money to pay the national debt and of taxing the rich. At least one candida...
Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Traces of Reality Interview

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Guillermo Jimenez interviewed me again on Traces of Reality, this time about the illegitimacy of the government's debt. Have a listen .
Sunday, September 29, 2013

TGIF: Lysander Spooner and the National Debt

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By what authority do politicians borrow in the name of the American people and presume they may use force to compel repayment of the debt? B...

Meanwhile on the Fiscal Front...

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Here's what's going on: Congress and the government agencies incurred expenses with the intention of paying the bills with a credit ...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Op-ed: Cutting Government Would Boost Economy

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Budget sequestration is as modest a step toward cutting Leviathan as one can imagine. Further progress will be difficult as long as people ...
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Friday, February 01, 2013

Recent Scribblings

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TGIF: "Economy or Catallaxy? Op-ed: "The Ominous U.S. Presence in Northwest Africa" Op-ed: "Mali: Here We Go Again...
Saturday, August 06, 2011

AA+

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There are worse things in the world than fear of lending to the US government. Here's one: eagerness to lend. Published with Blogger-dro...
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Friday, August 05, 2011

Op-Ed: A Cheer and a Half for the Tea Party.

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Were it not for the Tea Party, the debt-ceiling controversy might never have taken place. Kudos on that count alone. The rest of the op-ed, ...
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TGIF: The Debt Sky

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Since the sky is now apparently the limit, I rechristen the debt ceiling “the debt sky.” But seriously — no, that was serious. The rest of ...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Op-Ed: “Shared Sacrifice”: Obama's Demagoguery

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The most offensive claim made during the debt-ceiling controversy is that there’s a moral equivalence between cutting government spending an...
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Default ... or Renege?

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Via Don Boudreaux, Roger Garrison notes that one cannot choose to default. As he wrote to Boudreaux: You mention, though, that the governme...
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I've Figured It Out

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The bond rating is a gauge of taxpayer docility. Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4
Thursday, July 28, 2011

How I Feel about the Government's Debt

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From the incomparable Lysander Spooner: This business of lending blood-money is one of the most thoroughly sordid, cold-blooded, and crimina...
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Two More Things

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TGIF: About that Debt Limit Op-ed: Don't Support the Troops -- Bring Them Home
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Some Things I Never Posted

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TGIF: Default in the Future Op-ed: The Isolationist Red Herring Enjoy!
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Debt Ceiling Shattered April 15

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Much attention is directed to the approaching congressional vote on raising the debt limit, which makes the following mysterious. Accordin...
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Friday, December 03, 2010

Inflation Doesn't Pay the Government Like It Used to

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Jeff Hummel and I have an opinion piece at Forbes.com by that title. Read it here .
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