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The government will borrow $72 billion in debt auctions next week now that Congress has raised the nation's borrowing limit.
The Treasury Department says it will sell 3-year notes, 10-year notes and 30-year bonds to raise the money. About one-third will go to repay debts that are due on Aug. 15.
President Barack Obama cleared the way for the auction on Tuesday when he signed into a law a bill that raises the debt ceiling and promises more than $2 trillion in cuts to government spending over the next decade.
The U.S. government currently borrows 40 cents of every dollar that it spends.
“They had us all breathless that the country, if we didn’t have something happening today, was going to default. That was a lie and they continued to use it even after members of Congress explained many times, no we don’t default www.infowars.com...
Originally posted by wcitizen
It was sooooooooooo predictable....
Originally posted by burntheships
Originally posted by wcitizen
It was sooooooooooo predictable....
Honeslty, you must give them credit for such a nice circus...they really had the
poor people going this time.
Originally posted by wcitizen
When will people GET IT?
ETA: It's like giving an alcoholic unlimited bottles of drink to help him stop drinking.edit on 3-8-2011 by wcitizen because: (no reason given)