But Geithner's seemingly lackadaisical attitude about bond ratings and the national debt should be troubling to Americans - as it no doubt is to investors ...
The object, of course, is not to cut spending or the national debt, but rather to provide a rationale for increasing taxes so that the career politicians ...
... opposition that the country was close to default on national debt, charging its controversial finance spokesman with threatening its sovereign rating. ...
But the national debt tripled from $900 billion to $2.8 trillion under President Ronald Reagan. Under President George W. Bush, the national debt rose from ...
Of course, the impact of these national debt crises are not limited to Greece or Spain or Portugal. MarketWatch continues: Though these countries are on the ...
I may be a little late to this party, but Frontline produced a report on the national debt this past summer that puts a lot of American politics into ...