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Random.Capital This was accomplished with a great deal of smoke and mirrors, the bills for which are coming due now. Which is not to suggest the Clinton administration was fiscally worse than Reagan or Bush 2, but at some point it needs to become clear this is not a partisan problem, it...

janvir19 GMO in particular....very noteworthy.... J. Grantham Thank you....

janvir19 Read informed commentary from investment managers like GMO, Bridgewater, Hoisington. Stop getting all of your info from chat rooms and annoying ranter types like Mish Shedlock, Derringer (Denninger?), Peter Schiff and the like...

So the next question becomes....supposed currency manipulation.... The US is suggesting that China manipulated their currencies lower....in order to increase exports....which they in turn indirectly finance.... Thus Chinese "savings" which currently finance the US debt would be largely...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba857be6-f88f-11dd-aae8-000077b07658.html Thus the question of the US monetizing its debt....will depend on China's continued willingness and/or ability to indirectly finance its own exports by financing US debt ....

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350,00.html The not so good, the very bad, and the very ugly....

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6866995&page=1 Obama´s learning....

Obviously the US is going to find out the way it is.... ............................................................................... Here is the way it is.... Downsize the government commensurate with tax revenues...

Very simple.... The US already imposes a "consumption tax".... ie a tube of toothpaste costs $1.00 One US citizen in the 0% tax bracket will pay $1.00.... One US citizen in the 20% tax bracket will pay $1.20.... One US citizen in the 38% tax bracket will pay $1.38...

Brendan R The problem is the UK is in a very very bad economic situation. It is in the position of the gambler sitting at a table with such a huge loss. Either you call it quit and you try to rebuild but it's gonna be painful but you'll be back. That would be prudent and would show some good...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aP6xr9LsyklY&refer=home Man....It is essential to capitalism that these folks survive.... Ain't it great to have a bunch of "lawyers" running "ruining" what is left of the US' last stand on capitalism ? Lesson learned....eh ? The...

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2009/db20090211_460433.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis In addition who is left to foot the tax tab on a progessive basis.... The deficit will be largely due to tax revenues being decimated....and the Govt will...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=apJRc8r_9GDE BAC is a major benefactor of TARP....

SouthAmerica ....you made the call A LONG TIME AGO.... Good call as usual !!!! Keep up the good work.... ........................................................................ It is quite incredible that simple math is ignored by the supposed intelligent which have been handed the reigns...

Over $60 Trillion in equity has vanished in the US with more to come.... A lot of the losses are still not recognized which are on the books of those who actually purchased the loss ridden debt....still have more to go.... The question now is ..... Who should incur these losses ? Tax...

Taleb mentions : Change the system...cannot win with the same system.... Cannot win with the SAME FACES SAME PLACES.... ......................................................................... Both Roubini and Taleb get the deleveraging.... Again, in simple terms there was $75...

Efficiency is the bottomline "end game".... Efficiency explains Iraq/Iran ($5 Lift costs)....China (labor 1/5 or less US)...India (labor 1/5 or less US)....the list gets longer and longer.... What can protect the US ?.....Productivity where there is a competitive advantage....This means...

Amazing is it not ? Additionally....what about real intelligence ? Not to mention the existing conflicts with the fact that DE Shaw is saddled with CDOs .... ................................................................... The two party lobbyist system....must go....

http://blog.atimes.net/?p=552 Via DE Shaw....

Gnome... I don't know. Biden would then become POTUS. With his health history, might not last long... after he croaked, PELOSI would then be POTUS... can't imagine a more scary prospect than that!! .................................................................. Then she could be...