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8. Households can go bankrupt through a few years of bad decisions.

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 11:51 AM

Jun 2015

It takes a lot more decision, bad on a scale beyond the rwach of households, and for a lot more years, to bankrupt a nation.

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question about deficit spending [View all] steve2470 Jun 2015 OP

In grossly oversimplified terms geek tragedy Jun 2015 #1

yes that was my understanding, thank you! nt steve2470 Jun 2015 #2

One reason why Bush tax policies were a disaster! on point Jun 2015 #4

short term high defecit spending is not a problem Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #3

Right now our debt (not deficit) is around $ 18 trillion Yupster Jun 2015 #5

Well, Keynes says.... Adrahil Jun 2015 #6

Households can go bankrupt through a few years of bad decisions. Orsino Jun 2015 #8

Deficit spending is just a failure to properly tax the rich Taitertots Jun 2015 #9