The Great Debt Ceiling Crisis of 2011

On August 4, 2011, in Analysis, Opinion, The Executive Branch, The Legislative Branch, by ConsiderLiberty

The saga of the Great Debt Ceiling Crisis of 2011 came to a disappointing end Tuesday when President Obama signed into law the lousy “compromise” that was sent to him by Congress.  Let us look back on the events that brought us to the pathetic end of the over-hyped debt ceiling “crisis”. The President addressed [...]

Fed Audit Reveals $16 Trillion in Secret Loans

On July 23, 2011, in Analysis, Opinion, by ConsiderLiberty

On Thursday Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) posted the results of a Government Accountability Office audit of the Federal Reserve on his Congressional website.  The audit was conducted by order of an amendment that Sen. Sanders had added to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which was passed a year ago this week.  [...]

Take Action: Congress and the Debt Ceiling

On July 12, 2011, in Action Alert, Analysis, Opinion, The Executive Branch, The Legislative Branch, by ConsiderLiberty

By now everyone has heard that the United States is going to hit our current borrowing limit on August 2nd according to a US Treasury estimate.  The President has stated repeatedly that the limit must be raised or the US will default on its debt and trigger an unprecedented financial crisis that will have widespread [...]