Monday , 14 October 2024

These 10 Charts Illustrate America’s Disastrous Fiscal Condition – Take a Look (and Weep)! 2K Views

By now nobody should have any doubts as to just how disturbing America’s fiscal debacle is. For those naive and innocent few who still think there is a Hollywood ending with a pot of gold awaiting everyone at the end of the rainbow, we present the following “10 essential fiscal charts” from the Pew Policy Institute.

So says Tyler Durden (www.zerohedge.com) regarding a post on his site* entitled 10 Essential Fiscal Charts Demonstrating America’s Disastrous Condition which is presented below by Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!). Please note that this paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.

In Pew’s own words:

Since April 2010, the Pew Fiscal Analysis Initiative has published several reports explaining the medium-and long-term fiscal challenges facing the federal government. With stagnating economic conditions and the passage of new legislation, especially the Budget Control Act of 2011, the outlook for the deficit and debt has changed considerably over the past six months. We have created 10 charts that illustrate how the choices made over the last 10 years contributed to our nation’s debt and the challenges currently facing the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

So without further ado…

Source: Pew

* http://www.zerohedge.com/news/10-essential-fiscal-charts-demonstrating-americas-disastrous-condition