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Tag: budget

How U.S. debt went out of control

December 8, 2020 Antarctica Journal
U.S. debt

How did the U.S. debt get so high? The crucial turning point came back in 2001, said Lori Montgomery. At the time, Uncle Sam was actually running surpluses, and “the outlook was so rosy” that forecasters were predicting the U.S. could pay back every dime it had ever borrowed. That’s when President George W. Bush made a pivotal decision: Rather […]

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Cartoon – The Budget

November 16, 2020 Antarctica Journal
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It was a good week for . . .

October 16, 2020 Antarctica Journal

. . . painless budget cuts, after 14-year-old Suvir Mirchandani of Pittsburgh calculated that government agencies could save $370 million a year in ink and paper costs by printing all documents in the thinner Garamond typeface instead of Times New Roman.

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Almost Half of Americans Don’t Have $500 in Savings

October 4, 2020 Antarctica Journal
Almost Half of Americans Don't Have 500 Dollars in Savings

If you don’t have money in your savings to cover an emergency bill of at least $500 you are not alone.  About 46% of Americans don’t have the money to cover any emergency which is lower than it was in 2013 when it was 50% according to a Bankrate report.  Some Americans say that they have enough in their savings, […]

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Deaths by lightning strike have fallen precipitously since 1968 — by 79 percent for men and 71 percent for women. The main reason, researchers believe, is that weather forecasting has become far more accurate, so people get inside before thunderstorms strike.

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