Sentences with phrase «about national debt»

Thanks to a tipster (send in your tips here)(Rachel) I just learned about the National Debt Settlement Bureau (ndsb.org).

«As part of our work on the economy, we visit Look Who's Footing the Bill, a WebQuest about the national debt.

«And for millions of people and businesses who have had to make such sacrifices over the last five years, there was nothing funny about the national debt when the national task of cutting it has brought them such pain in their everyday life.»

He talked about the national debt, war, health care, banking, student loans, job training, hybrid cars and threatened cuts to national parks, food safety and air traffic control.

It's like the GOP pretending to be worried about our national debt, knowing full well they were responsible for the record deficits under Reagan and Bush II, and gleefully raised the debt ceiling 13 times under the Former and 7 times under the latter.

WHat about the national debt, The Fed printing money devaluing my savings account, our CIA probably assassinating Iranian civilians, Sanctioning nations who love to speak out aganist us, forcing our elderly to be enslaved to welfare...

Not exact matches

The national debt is about $ 13 trillion, so adding 10 % to it with a «helicopter drop» is not going to change the long - term debt problem much.

The pro-independence Scottish government says Scotland would be entitled to 90 per cent of Britain's oil wealth — based on divvying up the two countries» waters — but only liable for about 8 per cent of its 1.3 trillion pound ($ 2.1 trillion) national debt, based on its share of the U.K. population.

But Mnuchin extends that argument about transparency into something more like a rap sheet: take Beijing's money, he warns, and risk being trapped in a debilitating cycle of debt — something that has led to asset - stripping by Chinese practitioners of what the National Defense Strategy calls «predatory economics.»

If we don't start educating policy - makers and the public about the possibility of providing fiscal stimulus without increasing national debts, we may get even less fiscal stimulus than we got the last time.

Achieving fiscal stimulus does not require increasing national debts and getting everyone so exercised about them.

The longer Europe refuses to debate honestly about debt and the euro, and the the longer it suffers from stagnation and unemployment, the more credible the Front National becomes in denouncing centrist parties for sacrificing workers and the middle class to protect the interest of bankers.

The national debt of the US is about $ 21T and the net worth of the top 0.1 % is about $ 22T.

Regarding deficits, the Republican tax bill is projected to add about $ 1.5 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years.

Further, the Trump Administration and many members of Congress have talked about using economic growth to address our rising national debt.

In my recent National Post column, I make reference to some back - of - envelope calculations to the effect that replacing the fiscal anchor of balanced budgets to one of a fixed debt - GDP ratio allows the federal government to increase spending by 1.2 percentage points of GDP, or by about $ 25 billion.

His clients, generally conservative, are worried about government spending, the national debt and the future of their children.

They bicker about raising the national debt ceiling, while not altering our economic policy to create economic growth.

At the same time, record government deficits raised the national debt from about $ 900 billion in 1980 to more than $ 2 trillion in 1988.

I don't agree but I understand: If you were 80 years old already (a rough estimate for an average human life span), you would have to hear someone tell you that they had turned their back on organized religion about 6050 times per second for your entire life just to pay off the national debt.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

These things are problematic to focus on, since they are deeply personal, yet on a societal level they make very little difference — meaning that they can alienate someone very quick, yet, even their perfect application (lifelong marriages between men and women only) would not cure our social ills — what about wars, starvation, national debt, environmental decay, cheating banks, resource depletion, peak oil etc. etc?

In the last two weeks, both this blog and the national media have featured a rash of stories about children having their lunches taken away by cafeteria employees due to unpaid lunch balances, and I also told you about a generous Houston school tutor / mentor who recently paid $ 465 of his own money to clear the debt of over 60 students.

This means that the recent discussions about the required funds to help some of the most indebted regions to refinance their «old debt» are not so relevant from the point of view of total national public indebtedness.

One year on and the deficit is about # 69 billion, with the national debt up to # 1.5 trillion and rising fast.

It's quite open - ended: A lot is said about the national deficit, but in recent years personal debt has also become an acceptable and even expected way of life.

Debt with Prudential Bank It has come to my notice that a letter written to me and copied to the National Chairman, from the Prudential Bank about a transaction that took place during the 2012 election campaign is being circulated in sections of the media.

'' [Labour] has alarmed the public about our soaring national debt, alerted them to the tax rises needed to pay for it if Labour is re-elected, and so undermined confidence in the future,» said Mr Osborne.

Complaining about the lack of an immediate answer to the budget question, Mr Balls said: «It is about Treasury spending from the reserve, and it has a direct bearing on the national debt as well as on our national interests.

That discussion is being hosted by No American Debt, which touts itself as «an organization that seeks to advance the national dialogue about America's debt crisis.&raDebt, which touts itself as «an organization that seeks to advance the national dialogue about America's debt crisis.&radebt crisis.»

It is unclear how the immediate past National Democratic Congress government accrued the debt, particularly when about 452 prospective pilgrims could not make the trip, and yet their monies were not refunded to them.

Sensing dissatisfaction, the host quickly moved on, addressing a remark about taxation levels and the scale of the UK's national debt to Davis.

He said: «According to the official forecasts from the Office of Budget Responsibility, the government's plan means that the debt in 2016 - 17 the national debt will be about # 1,300 bn, that is about # 300bn more than now.»

Walker, 64, has spoken frequently about the problems with the national debt ceiling, and he refers to himself as the Deficit Ranger for promoting fiscal responsibility and accountability.

In fact, according to the official forecasts from the Office of Budget Responsibility, the government's plan means that the debt in 2016 - 17 the national debt will be about # 1,300 billion, that is about # 300 billion more than now (or more than an extra # 4,000 more per person of «deadweight», in the DPM's words).

Deutsche Bank and the MIT folks hope that seeing these huge numbers scroll by on a giant billboard will make people more aware of what we're doing to the planet, just as billboards with the U.S. national debt try to raise awareness about another scary number.

Many analysts estimate the bill will add at least $ 1 trillion to the national debt — now about $ 20 trillion — over the next decade (although some Republicans argue that the cuts will pay for themselves by boosting economic growth).

The low level of personal savings and high level of debt among Americans has raised concerns among national leaders about the need for more financial education, and the U.S. Congress has designated April Financial Literacy Month.

Based on the student loans statistics made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel, the National Student Loan Debt is now $ 1.41 trillion being owed by about 45m borrowers representing 70 % of College graduates.

If a unit has a $ 270 monthly fee — about the national average when you divide $ 85 billion in HOA revenues among 26.2 million units — that's a recurring monthly cost that lenders will consider when calculating the borrower's debt - to - income ratio (DTI).

The economics of the states tells us a lot more about the national health because they can't print money to buy national debts.

You'll also see plenty of people talking about how easy it is to work with National Debt Relief.

The National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts may be saying good bye to $ 5 billion worth of student loan debts.As it turns out, when it comes to managing loans, efficient paper work is key.These latest developments highlight the already... [Read more...] about 5 Million Student Loan Debts Possible Wipe Out Due to Missing Documents

A great resource for accessing information about your student loan debt is the National Student Loan Data System or NSLDS.

Debt collectors, who were working for National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts to collect on private student loans originated about a decade ago, were accused of utilizing deceptive, yet legal, documents to get private loan borrowers to pay up.

We aren't overly concerned about this risk factor based on National Retail's results during the last recession (87 % of prior leases were renewed in 2009), consistently high occupancy rates, and overall mix of tenants — roughly 66 % of National Retail's rent is from public companies of those with rated debt.

It's hard to avoid the gloomy headlines about the state of our national debt and international financial crisis.

There are 2 legitimate channels to use if you're in over your head with credit card debt: The National Foundation for Credit Counseling at NFCC.org and the option of bankruptcy, which can be right in some situations, though you don't often hear me talk about the latter one.

According to the Student Loan Report, the national student loan debt is currently at $ 1.41 trillion, while about 70 percent of college students are student loan borrowers.

You can get free or low - cost credit counseling, including advice and information about a debt management plan, by visiting the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC.org) to find an accredited credit counselor near you.