by Jason Apollo Voss | 01 08 2011 | Blog
Yesterday saw a deal reached to raise the U.S. debt issuance limit, potentially averting a fiscal crisis. Here is my evaluation of the U.S. debt crisis deal. Details: Amount of the deal: $2.4 trillion in debt ceiling rise and $2.4 trillion in spending cuts...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 29 07 2011 | Blog
One month ago there were simultaneous indications of an accelerating, and slowing, U.S. economy. Yesterday and today we have a similar situation with an improving jobs situation and a tepid reading on gross domestic product (GDP). The question: is the U.S....
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 07 2011 | Best of the Blog, Blog
For today’s post I wanted to review the evidence for that oft talked about issue: who is more responsible for the U.S. debt? If you ask a Republican it is “tax and spend” liberals that are responsible for the bulk of the U.S. government...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 27 07 2011 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Continuing on with an examination of the U.S. debt crisis, let’s look at another oft talked about issue: that raising taxes leads to a decrease in gross domestic product (GDP). As I said yesterday, feel free to download the What My Intuition Tells Me Now...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 26 07 2011 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Since THE story of the moment is the U.S. budgetary crisis I plan on exploring this story’s many angles until this issue is no longer a crisis. Today I wanted to talk about the revenue-side of the U.S. budget deficit and total debt problem. That’s...
