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Debt ceiling "default" is a myth

http://onlyliberty.wordpress.com

We’ve all heard the news over the past week; Members of congress and the worlds largest news organizations have been hammering the claim that “if the debt ceiling isn’t raised, the federal government will go into default and our credit rating will drop, resulting in through-the-roof taxes and economic armageddon throughout the world!”. Is this true or a myth? The answer is: it’s a myth. And its obvious right on it’s face.

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Created by aoner1 1 year 41 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 41 weeks ago
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Overpopulation: The Perennial Myth

http://www.thefreemanonline.org

Where people are hungry, it is because of war (Somalia, Ethiopia) or government policies that, in the name of modernization and industrialization, penalize farmers by taxing them at prohibitive rates (e.g., Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya), not because population is exceeding the natural limits of what the world can support.

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Created by Takeshi Kovacs 2 years 43 weeks ago – Made popular 2 years 42 weeks ago
Category: Psychology / Sociology   Tags:

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