IMF Proposal to Tax Bank Deposits
• http://www.batr.orgA report by Agence France-Presse, the International Monetary Fund strongly suggests countries tax the rich to fix deficit, is a caveat for a bigger risk
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Lew Rockwell: I Love the Debt Ceiling
• http://www.lewrockwell.comNever raise it, he tells RT. Oh, and by the way, dollar hegemony is over.
Stand Up Americans
• Prison PlanetIn less than 2 days, if the Treasury secretary can be believed, the Treasury will not have enough money to pay all its bills and will have to prioritize.
Debt Ceiling: How Much Is $16.699 Trillion?
• LiveScienceTomorrow, Oct. 17, the Treasury Dept will run out of money and will no longer have the ability to borrow the funds needed to pay government's bills. The federal debt ceiling of $16.699 trillion was actually reached on May 19, but
Here Are The Sleaziest Things Congress Has Done During The Shutdown
• Huffington PostWe're now almost two weeks into the government shutdown, and there's been no shortage of outrage over the fact that Congress remains unable to figure out how to end it. Recent polling has shown record levels of support for replacing every member of C
Rand Paul On CNN's State of the Union - Sun Oct 13, 2013
• Daily Paul.comSen. Rand Paul talked with Candy Crowley about the debt ceiling deadline on State of the Union
Marc Faber Warns "There Is No Safe Haven"
• zerohedge.comThere is no safe haven, Marc Faber tells Bloomberg TV's Tom Keene, "The best you can hope for is that you have a diversified portfolio of different assets and that they don't all collapse at the same time."
The Fed Could Simply CANCEL $2 Trillion of Government Debt
• zero hedgeFederal Reserve Chairman Bernanke should simply cancel the Treasury debt that it owns. The government can just forgive the government's debt. This wouldn't solve the debt problem entirely. The Federal Reserve doesn't own all US government debt; it ow
America’s default on its debt is inevitable
• Washington Post“There is precedent for a government shutdown,” Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, remarked last week. “There’s no precedent for default.” How wrong he is.
International Monetary Fund strongly suggests countries tax the rich to fix deficit
• AFPBut in its Fiscal Monitor report, subtitled “Taxing Times”, the Fund advanced the idea of taxing the highest-income people and their assets to reinforce the legitimacy of spending cuts and fight against growing income inequalities.
The Intolerable Acts of the 21st Century
• ncc-1776.orgWeek II of the apocalyptic government shutdown. And what a week it was!
Debt Ceiling: China Calls for World to Be 'De-Americanised'
• http://www.ibtimes.co.uk, By Jijo JacobChinese government mouthpiece says 'Pax Americana' has failed on all fronts
Dylan Ratigan: still pissed off, still won't shut up (still being run out of news biz)
• MSNBCHe still hasn't figured it out 100%, but he's 100% pissed off,...and that is a very good thing.
Report: No Vote Expected On Debt Ceiling Today
• Business InsiderBoth Republicans and Democrats are suggesting that progress is being made on a deal to raise the debt ceiling and reopen the government.
What Happens If The Shutdown Causes The Treasury To Run Out Of Money
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, Paul Craig RobertsIn a speech to the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, November 23, 2010, Peter Dale Scott gave a history of the various directives concerned with government continuity during a state of emergency.
Power Mad Obama Offers Two Choices: Unconditional Surrender Or Default
• theeconomiccollapseblog.comBarack Obama is warning that if he does not get everything that he wants that he will force the U.S. government into a devastating debt default which will cripple the entire global economy.
Utah Reopens National Parks, Government Shutdown Be Damned
• popsci.comWe don't need a government! We just need all the things the government normally pays for!
House, Senate Republicans offer competing plans on debt-limit, government shutdown
• Washington PostHouse and Senate Republicans offered competing plans Thursday to resolve Washington’s debt-limit and government shutdown crises, as President Obama held the latest in a series of meetings aimed at persuading them to accept at least short-term solutio
Power Mad Obama Offers Two Choices: Unconditional Surrender Or Default
• theeconomiccollapseblog.comBarack Obama is warning that if he does not get everything that he wants that he will force the U.S. government into a devastating debt default which will cripple the entire global economy.
Extreme Hypocrisy! Obama Orders Federal Workers To “Make Life As Difficult For People As We Can”
• theeconomiccollapseblog.comWhy would the president of the United States try to purposely hurt the American people?
WATCH: Ron Paul Smacked the Crap Out of Tres. Sec. Jack Lew's Testimony on CNBC! Epic!
• Daily Paul.comRon Paul just totally de-bunked Jack Lew's scare tactics in House testimony.
Taliban Mocks Shutdown: Lawmakers ‘Sucking The Blood Of Their Own People’
• CBS News“The American people should realize that their politicians play with their destinies as well as the destinies of other oppressed nations for the sake of their personal vested interests,” the Taliban said in a statement.
Repudiating the National Debt
• Lewrockwell.comIn the spring of 1981, conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives cried.
Want to Pay Less For Insurance?
• Lewrockwell.comIncreasingly worthless Federal Funny Money – and increasingly hard-to-find decent-paying jobs – have put an economic choke-hold on millions of Americans, compelling them to cut back on everything that’s not absolutely essential.
12 Very Ominous Warnings About What a U.S. Debt Default would Mean for the Global Economy
• Lewrockwell.comA U.S. debt default that lasts for more than a couple of days could potentially cause a financial crash unlike anything that the world has ever seen before.
Eerie Similarity between Government Shutdown and V For Vendetta Scene
• Daily Paul.comI must say, that as an Enlightened Libertarian, I often find myself relating pieces of cinema and literature to our current political world.
‘Big Lender’ China Urges US to Avoid Bankruptcy
• Lewrockwell.comAs the Government shutdown in the US enters its second week, the country is just 10-days away from default, and the country’s main creditor China has urged Washington to take decisive steps to avoid bankruptcy and ensure safety of Chinese investments
Remember Obama’s 2006 thoughts on raising the Debt Ceiling?
• The BlazeAs debates in D.C. continue to rage over the debt ceiling, and the continuing resolution to fund the government…we are reminded of the words of one Democratic Senator when a similar argument was taking place back in 2006.
Feds close pull-offs to bar views of Mount Rushmore
• Prison PlanetA few days ago, the following was predicted:
A Suddenly Nervous China Tells The US To "Earnestly Take Steps" To Avoid A Default
• zerohedge.comWhile the world's largest hedge fund, the Fed, may not care about the performance of its "bad bank" assets, and thus is largely ambivalent if the US Treasury defaults on the $2 trillion in US paper held by Ben Bernanke, others don't have the luxury o
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