10 years after 9/11, did bin Laden or America win?
Workers at ground zero of the World Trade Center attack use a lift in the wreckage 19 September 2001 in New York © AFP/File Timothy…
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Student Loan Debt Climbs
Justin Lahart Wall Street Journal Americans have cut back on credit of all kinds, with one notable exception. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of…
US foreign investment balance shrunk in June
US Treasury Department in Washington © AFP/File Mladen Antonov AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US balance on incoming long-term foreign investment shrunk in June as…
US debt remains investor safe haven despite S&P downgrade
The US Treasury Department in Washington, DC © AFP/File Mladen Antonov AFP PARIS (AFP) – US Treasury bonds remain a hot ticket for investors looking…
A Simple, Quick Solution to the National Debt, the Failed Economy, Unnecessary Taxes and the Subversion of Free Enterprise
image: Richard William Posner Richard William Posner Activist Post Preface What I present here is my opinion based upon the available evidence, both historic (ancient…
US Debt Crisis – 2012 is only for America
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US turns other cheek at China debt lashing
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (L) and China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan © AFP/File Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States is pointedly…
Debt crisis bites despite global leaders’ efforts
© AFP/File Toshifumi Kitamura AFP FRANKFURT (AFP) – Battered markets tumbled further Tuesday despite world leaders vowing to bolster financial stability, with Barack Obama defending…
Super Congress A Gift to K Street
Ron Paul The Super Congress created by the recent debt ceiling increase deal is a typical example of something nefarious attached to a bigger bill…
The Market Has Spoken: Austerity Is Bad for Business
It used to be that when the Fed Chairman spoke, the market listened; but the Chairman has lost his mystique. Now when the market speaks,…
Fresh credit warnings as US lawmakers trade blame
The statue of the first US Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, in front of the US Treasury Department © AFP/Getty Images/File Chip Somodevilla AFP WASHINGTON…
The American Left has been betrayed by Barack Obama
Dees Illustration Tim Stanley Telegraph Across America, the Left is slowly waking up to the reality of what happened in Tuesday’s deficit deal. Two narratives…
US loses AAA rating for first time
Standard and Poor’s have revised the US credit rating downwards to a AA+ with a negative outlook © AFP Stan Honda AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) –…
More Americans than ever are aware of Congressional malfeasance; disapproval at all-time high
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post A whopping 14% of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling themselves, while an incredible 82% of Americans…