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Economist Tells Congress: U.S. May Be in ‘Worse Fiscal Shape’ Than Greece
CNSNews.com ^ | 03/09/2015 | Barbara Hollingsworth

Posted on 03/10/2015 3:11:57 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

(CNSNews.com) -- The U.S. has a $210 trillion “fiscal gap” and “may well be in worse fiscal shape than any developed country, including Greece,” Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff told members of the Senate Budget Committee in written and oral testimony on Feb. 25.

“The first point I want to get across is that our nation is broke,” Kotlikoff testified. “Our nation’s broke, and it’s not broke in 75 years or 50 years or 25 years or 10 years. It’s broke today. "Indeed, it may well be in worse fiscal shape than any developed country, including Greece," he said. (See Kotlikoff---Testimony-to-Senate-Budget-Committe)

In January, Fitch downgraded Greece, whose debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio is 175 percent, from Stable to Negative.

“This declaration of national insolvency will, no doubt, shock those of you who use the officially reported federal debt as the measuring stick for what our country owes,” Kotlikoff told committee members who are considering President Obama’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 114th; alexistsipras; bankrupt; bhoeconomy; boston; bostonuniversity; congresstestimony; debt; europeanunion; greece; greececrisis; kotlikoff; laurencekotlikoff; liabilities; massachusetts; syriza; underfunded; uscrisis; usdebt
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To: Son House
House Democratic Leaders Economic Forum

“the fact that we’re looking at an absolutely horrendous long-term fiscal outlook”

Raise the debt ceiling again Speaker Boehner!...

41 posted on 03/10/2015 5:01:25 PM PDT by Son House (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; the Original Legislative Fraud.)
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To: cuban leaf

Very lovely pictures. You have a nice set up there. I can see you are proud of it!


42 posted on 03/10/2015 5:02:00 PM PDT by dforest
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To: fhayek
"$210 trillion. Nearly a quarter of a quadrillion dollars. We need another bake sale."


43 posted on 03/10/2015 5:14:05 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Doomage ping


44 posted on 03/10/2015 5:28:09 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: Jan_Sobieski; All

Post/thread BUMP!


45 posted on 03/10/2015 5:33:23 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: cuban leaf

Lovely pictures. Enjoyed them. My parents were both born in Western Kentucky. It is a beautiful state.

I see you have planned ahead, but I’m such a doom and gloomer I fear those who have planned ahead will be victimized by those who haven’t.


46 posted on 03/10/2015 5:35:40 PM PDT by Calpublican (It's the first time in my life I've been ashamed of my country)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

When we get caught up talking about all the politics I can’t help but think of the old saying,” we’re just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.”


47 posted on 03/10/2015 5:39:56 PM PDT by Calpublican (It's the first time in my life I've been ashamed of my country)
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To: Mark17; Jan_Sobieski
I can see where world war could happen because of it. I hope we get raptured out first.

Me too! Maranatha!

Mark/Jan - me three. Amen.

48 posted on 03/10/2015 5:55:05 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: VRWC For Truth
The Uniparty must be destroyed.

The Managerial State must be destroyed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managerial_state

49 posted on 03/10/2015 5:55:17 PM PDT by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: cuban leaf

Great place!


50 posted on 03/10/2015 5:58:02 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: rdcbn
Hate to burst your bubble but there wont be a Rapture.

We are here for the duration.

I hope there will be, but we shall see. The bottom line is, I don't see how this can go on indefinitely, without something blowing wide open.

51 posted on 03/10/2015 6:18:08 PM PDT by Mark17 (Calvary's love has never faltered, all it's wonder still remains. Souls still take eternal passage)
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To: Calpublican

I think about this often


52 posted on 03/10/2015 6:21:32 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Mark17
Good answer. We know there will be a Rapture, but we do not know when. "God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation..."

The rapture typology is throughout the Bible starting with Enoch, Noah, and Lot, all they way to Christians in Jerusalem being able to flee to Pella during AD70. In Luke 17, Jesus seems to indicate that it will happen at a time when there is still some level of normalcy in the world...
53 posted on 03/10/2015 6:33:00 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: nascarnation

“We’ve already cruised way past the time where I thought we’d be in big trouble.”

I visualize Wile E Coyote suspended in mid air way above the canyon floor and it’s about to dawn on him that he’s just stepped off of the cliff. Why we haven’t fallen yet, I can’t explain.


54 posted on 03/10/2015 6:33:46 PM PDT by mom of young patriots
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To: dforest

Yep...unbelievable?!?! I guess a nation deserves its leaders...


55 posted on 03/10/2015 6:35:22 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: editor-surveyor
The term for multiple fulfillments of Bible Prophecy is called Midrash. Example: Hosea "...out of Egypt have I called my son" fulfilled multiple times Abraham, Moses, Israel, Jesus, and ultimately "all of us must come out of Egypt". The ultimate fulfillment is called the Eschaton.

I do not argue that parts of Revelation 6 were fulfilled previously. But there will be a final and ultimate eschaton in the Great Tribulation (70th week of Daniel)
56 posted on 03/10/2015 6:42:11 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: faithhopecharity

That’s right! I heard it worked pretty good for Zimbabwe!


57 posted on 03/10/2015 6:49:00 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: kiryandil

Good read! Ping for later!


58 posted on 03/10/2015 6:50:46 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

I’m rich. I have some $1 Trillion dollar bills. Currency Very pretty too. Unfortunately they’re issued by Zimbabwe Alas. So close and yet so far.


59 posted on 03/10/2015 6:51:16 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Foolish people ... have eyes and see not)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Nonsense to an unbeliever for sure!

The fullness of scripture to one of Yeshua’s own.
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60 posted on 03/10/2015 6:55:04 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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