I can't believe I didn't discover these links sooner:
http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/20/global-debt-bomb-business-wall-street-debt-10_land.html
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/44/debt-10_Global-Debt-Crisis_Rank.html
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/11/taxes-employment-government-business-beltway-tax-burdens.html
Beautiful statistics. And congrats to Utah for its fiscal responsibility.
"And if an epitaph be my story, I'd have a short one ready for my own: I had a lover's quarrel with the world." -- Robert Frost
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Out of the Fire and Into the Frying Pan?
The WSJ's Greg Hitt reports that the stimulus plan isn't really going to taxpayers--much of it is going right into the hands of government workers. See January 13, 2009 article, "Stimulus Proposal Aims to Aid State, Local Governments."
In a nutshell, President-elect Obama has asked Congress to give him more taxpayer money--more than the $700 billion already printed. Purportedly, this new money would be used to stimulate an economic recovery. The problem is, much of it will go to a new "education stabilization fund," or into the pockets of government workers. Under the proposed plan, $80 billion would go towards programs benefiting teachers' unions.
Is this change, or just maintaining the status quo?
In a nutshell, President-elect Obama has asked Congress to give him more taxpayer money--more than the $700 billion already printed. Purportedly, this new money would be used to stimulate an economic recovery. The problem is, much of it will go to a new "education stabilization fund," or into the pockets of government workers. Under the proposed plan, $80 billion would go towards programs benefiting teachers' unions.
Is this change, or just maintaining the status quo?
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