The Department of the Treasury

Rich MitchellMarch 3, 2011
Federal Debt Report/ Feb. 2011
America’s National Debt rose by another $63.7 billion dollars in the month of February, according to the Bureau of…
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Rich MitchellNovember 10, 2010
Remember When They Warned Us That Japan Might Not Always Buy Our Debt
I was young, but I remember the news stories and the dire warnings from family friends, parents and uncles: Japan…
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Rich MitchellAugust 6, 2010
Learning Economics From Chinese Students
As shameful as it is, a Chinese student gets what we’re struggling to understand – government policies are stifling consumption,…
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Rich MitchellAugust 4, 2010
Federal Reserve Struggling to Create Inflation
The specter of deflation is looming. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke, the President’s economic advisor Paul Volcker (remember him from…
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Rich MitchellJuly 29, 2010
The Myths about the Myths of Social Security
For decades we’ve all known the Social Security was in trouble. No more!! MoveOn.org has calmed the waters and published…
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Rich MitchellOctober 24, 2009
GAO:TARP Has Done Two Things, “Jack and Squat”
In the Government Accounting Office’s October “Report to Congressional Committees” on TARP, it is apparent that TARP’s success.. isn’t that…
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Rich MitchellOctober 12, 2009
Administration Says Its Saving Homes, Oversight Report Says Otherwise
The combination of federal efforts to combat the financial crisis coupled with mortgage assistance programs makes the taxpayer the ultimate…
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Rich MitchellSeptember 26, 2009
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Transparency Needed Into the Federal Reserve
I realize that I would have to wait in a fairly long line to call Ron Paul a paranoid, old-thinking,…
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