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EVENT #1: In New York, where the city is facing a $2.4 billion budget deficit, it’s getting nasty.
Mayor Bloomberg has called for cancelling holiday bonuses for police and firefighters — and the unions are mad as hell.
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In fact, just this past week, the presidents of the two unions vowed to fight Bloomberg’s budget-cutting plan tooth and nail, accusing the Mayor of spreading false information in an attempt to steal their members’ money.
At their press conference on the cuts, the union heads used the words “liar,” “lie” and “lying” at least 23 times when referring to the mayor.
EVENT #2: A few miles away in New Jersey, the state is reeling from last week’s Standard & Poor’s’ bond downgrade.
The S&P cited the fact that the state’s pension system has $54 billion LESS than it needs to meet future obligations. But now, the lowered credit rating makes a bad situation worse by forcing New Jersey to pay higher interest rates to borrow money.
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At a public forum in Union City last Wednesday, Governor Chris Christie said the Democrats, who control the Legislature, had compared him to Chicken Little. “The sky,” he said, citing S&P’s downgrade, “started to fall in today.”
EVENT #3: In Washington DC, Congress and the White House are once again proving their gross incompetence when it comes to dealing with the crisis:
First, the new Republican Speaker of the House — Representative John Boehner — called for budget cuts of $100 billion.
Then, Republicans slashed that target to about $50 billion even before they won the House.
Now, the Republicans are attempting to cut the budget by a mere $32 billion.
But it’s clear that even that paltry figure — an amount equal to just two one-hundredths (.02 percent) of the $1.5 trillion projected deficit for 2011 — can’t be passed because of opposition from the Democrats in the Senate and the White House.
Make no mistake: This nationwide meltdown of government debt is now inevitable. If our leaders have proven anything, it’s that they are still unwilling and unable to take the government debt crisis seriously.
As a result, a massive implosion of debt at all levels of government — from the smallest townships and counties, to many of our largest counties and states, and even to the federal government itself — is rushing towards us like a runaway freight train.
When it hits in the weeks and months ahead, it will crush the bond market and drive interest rates through the roof.
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Dr. Weiss founded Weiss Research in 1971 and has dedicated his entire career to helping millions of average investors find truly safe havens and investments. He is Chairman of the Weiss Group, which includes Weiss Research and Weiss Ratings, the nation’s leading independent rating agency accepting no fees from rated companies. His last three books have all been New York Times Bestsellers and his most recent title is The Ultimate Money Guide for Bubbles, Busts, Recession and Depression.
