The United States National Debt Hits 33 Trillion Dollars for the first time. This is the highest national debt a country has ever had in human history. A staggering sum never fathomed or contemplated. Read more here: Of course this could be perfectly fine if the entity, in this case a country, has a strong…
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Making Sense of the First Democratic Debates – Proposals and Policies – Part 2
[This is Part 2 of a two-part post on this subject. Part 1 can be read here.] Some Thoughts On Proposed Democratic Platform Policies Let’s quickly explore some of the platforms and policies that we heard proposed in the last few days by the various candidates for the democratic presidential nominee. It should make for…
Does the National Debt Even Matter in the Age of American Empire?
CBS News revealed today that under Trump’s watch, the U.S. national debt tops $21 trillion for first time ever. Click here to read. Twenty-one TRILLION dollars. That’s $21,000,000,000,000. A lot of zeros. The largest national debt in the history of human civilization. To be fair, this has very little to do with Donald Trump. That’s just…