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Ron Paul: Congress Passes the Fiscally Irresponsible Act

With the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, the fake debt ceiling fight is over. The federal government walked away from the deal with a shiny new credit card that has no limits. And what did we get? Spending “cuts” that actually increase spending and another great big tax increase.

Fake Debt Ceiling Fight Yields Fake Spending Cuts and a Credit Card With No Limits

We have a debt ceiling deal. And the deal is there is functionally no debt ceiling until January 2025.

The Real Problem Begins After Congress Raises the Debt Ceiling

The debt ceiling fight is getting down to the wire. In a letter to Congress on Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that without a debt ceiling increase, it was highly likely the government wouldn’t be able to meet all of its obligations by “early June, and potentially as early as June 1.” Despite the […]

Who Cares? SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap May 19, 2023

There are a few things that Friday Gold Wrap host Mike Maharrey writes about that don’t seem to garner much interest. In this show, Mike is going to talk about two of those things, why they matter, and why you should care. He also talks about the recent drop in the price of gold and […]

Federal Tax Revenues Tank as Biden Administration Goes Right on Spending

The US government ran a surplus in April, as it generally does in tax return month. But federal tax revenues collapsed year-on-year and the fiscal 2023 deficit is still close to $1 trillion despite the small April windfall.

Peter Schiff: A Higher Debt Ceiling Won’t Solve the Problem; It Will Make the Problem Worse

In January, the US government ran up against the debt ceiling, kicking off another fake debt ceiling fight. Three months later, Congress still hasn’t agreed on a plan to raise the borrowing limit. Peter Schiff talked about it in his podcast, saying the lack of a higher debt ceiling isn’t the problem; the ever-increasing spending […]

Joe Biden Is Mucking Up the “Inflation Fight”

By hiking interest rates, the Federal Reserve has pulled some of the monetary stimulus out of the economy. While the Fed hasn’t done nearly enough to put the inflationary fire it lit with more than a decade of easy money, the cooling consumer price index (CPI) indicates that this has put a modest dent in […]

The Exploding Budget Deficit Is Another Big Problem for the Federal Reserve

February has historically been a big budget deficit month, but the Biden administration still managed to overachieve and run the second-largest February deficit ever. The only time the US government has run a February deficit bigger than the $262.4 billion shortfall last month was in February 2021 in the midst of the COVID stimulus. This […]

Treasury Prints Second Largest February Budget Deficit Ever

The Federal Government ran a deficit of -$262B in February. Ignoring the Student Loan forgiveness allocation in September last year, this is the largest monthly budget deficit since July 2021. And it’s the second-largest February deficit ever.

The Fed Is Losing Money; So What?

The Federal Reserve is bleeding money and losses are mounting. So, what does this mean? Is the central bank in danger of going under? Hardly. In fact, losing money isn’t a problem for the Fed at all. But it is a big problem for the US government.