lennart
11-02-04, 17:51
Bush seeks $1 trillion debt boost
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Bush, saying the economic recovery is firmly in place, yesterday proposed adding $1 trillion to the national debt to fund the cost of shifting to a partially privatized Social Security system.
The massive increase in debt, coming on top of a $7 trillion national debt that is growing by about $500 billion a year, adds controversy to what was already promising to be a difficult reform to get enacted.
http://washingtontimes.com/business/20040209-114428-9699r.htm
Zo gaat het hard natuurlijk. Het werkelijk tekort in de VS is dit jaar dus 1.5 biljoen dollar (trillion = biljoen in het Nederlands) en dat is dan nog exclusief de operaties in Iraq en Afghanistan. Volgens dit artikel heeft het Pentagon in September geen geld meer om oorlog te voeren: http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/7922351.htm
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Bush, saying the economic recovery is firmly in place, yesterday proposed adding $1 trillion to the national debt to fund the cost of shifting to a partially privatized Social Security system.
The massive increase in debt, coming on top of a $7 trillion national debt that is growing by about $500 billion a year, adds controversy to what was already promising to be a difficult reform to get enacted.
http://washingtontimes.com/business/20040209-114428-9699r.htm
Zo gaat het hard natuurlijk. Het werkelijk tekort in de VS is dit jaar dus 1.5 biljoen dollar (trillion = biljoen in het Nederlands) en dat is dan nog exclusief de operaties in Iraq en Afghanistan. Volgens dit artikel heeft het Pentagon in September geen geld meer om oorlog te voeren: http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/7922351.htm