this just shows the lengths that these arrogant anal orifices will go to in order to avoid even thinking about slowing down spending....

US 'seriously' considering $1 trillion coin to pay off debt

it is just stupid enough to be very appealing to the yahoos in charge of the regime... same end result as what the fed is doing; massive devaluation of the dollar by creating money out of thin air.... same reason that doing away with the fed and ...

A platinum solution to U.S. fiscal woes: $1 trillion coin

Another common theme in each of those countries is that they feel no compelling need to muck around with the business of other countries, have military bases all over the world, or send massive amounts of money to people all over the world in the ...

France's 75% 'supertax' thrown out as unfair and unconstitutional

i would like to say it is not the fault of the people, but the tragic truth is that we are the ones who keep electing these yahoos.... god save us....

Senate leaders will try to work out a fiscal cliff deal

that would fly in the face of their efforts to get all the trades possible going out there as all the knee jerk "trading" occurs..

Obama said to plan offer of scaled-back budget package today

and the computer programs go wild buying everything in sight....

U.S. House said to plan 6:30 p.m. session on Dec. 30

also, agree that if we hit the "cliff"... most immeditate result will be a spike in the dollar [however short term that spike might be]

Initial Claims Plunge: QE4EVA Ending Sooner Than Expected?

as i understand it, the "fiscal cliff" is really more of a slide... the impacts for the most part are gradual, and the total is less than the increase in qe that bernanke just announced... the real impact, i think, is the value of the fearmongering, ...

Initial Claims Plunge: QE4EVA Ending Sooner Than Expected?

its even more fun to watch the markets freak out with the knee jerk reactions.... must make them feel like gods

Boehner: No Substantive Progress In Two Weeks Of Talks

ultimately , there will be a "solution"... in the meantime, do you think for one minute that these contradictory statements day after day are not planned, with the insiders positioned to take advantage of the spikes they cause, back and forth... if ...

Not Close To A Deal: Democratic Leadership Member

and the decision is..... "yes, we all agree that we will agree [someday]"..... and the crowd goes wild...........

Boehner optimistic deal with Obama can be reached

oh no.... the sky if falling, the sky is falling... i love the way all these 'organizations' have jumped on the same bandwagon... if the u.s. does not avoid the fiscal cliff the world is going to end .... the fed is already pumping more money per ...

O.E.C.D., Slashing Growth Outlook, Warns of Global Recession

this is no different than the stories circulating all day long... everyone has agreed to 'do something' with a specified target reduction, but no one agrees to how to get there... this is not a real solution as described in this article...........

Euro zone, IMF reach deal on long-term Greek debt

they are the same as a piece of cash... it would be like you sending an affidavit to the treasury to assure them that you had a stack of $100 that was destroyed in a flood and they need to send you replacement... the holders are screwed.............

Billions in bearer bonds could be lost due to Hurricane Sandy

50 billion a month isn't enough for you??

Philly Fed November 2012 Business Outlook Survey

there are innumerable examples in the past 40 years of countries in similar situations who have rebuilt themselves only after having defaulted on the debt and started fresh after a short period of severe pain for the populace... this will require an ...

Greece's 'Monster' Debt Problem Haunts Europe

compelling victory.... realllly? take the gloves off....realllly? if there is anything that obama is good at, it is telling other countries what he thinks they ought to be doing.... this is going to be good.......ought to be favorable for some nice ...

Obama may now take the gloves off with Europe

now we can get back to dealing with reality since obama's pressure on europe to do nothing or admit nothing until after he was reelected has come to pass..... mark my words, there is going to be a veritable hurricane of "surprisingly" bad news... ...

Rehn says Greek debt burden becoming increasingly unsustainable

i am speechless with amazement that we had a great jobs number less than a week before the election.... it is good to control the folks calculating the numbers...........

U.S. adds 171,000 jobs, unemployment 7.9%

saying that you want a strong dollar and continually taking action which gaurantees the exact opposite would appear to make mr. bernanke either physcotic or a liar... i lean towards the later explanation

Euro Will Soon Break Through the Ice