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Understanding the U.S. Economic Crisis – Resources

December 14, 2011 at 11:17 pm Leave a comment

Hot-button trigger keywords referencing “Stimulus”, “Bailout”, “Tarp” and the derisive “Obamacare,” appear with unabetting frequency in almost every business and economic-themed news story in the United States since 2008, and have spawned a ruckus, roiling, national and international partisan debate with little sign of abating.

As always, it seems everyone has formed an opinion on the issues and the topics stated, but few have an accurate understanding and clear accounting of the actual facts.

Be it colorful, quaint, or simply ill-informed, or fixated on all manner of misinformed misinterpretation and contentious misunderstanding of specific important details, there are those who maintain their take on these discussion points even if they are woefully off-the-mark by every measure.

Worst offenders of “the truth” are pundits and professional opinion-makers who contribute to the cause of endless confusion with their “analysis” and pronouncements that are less often illuminating, but are more often rife with unfettered partisanship that willfully ignores or runs roughshod over the facts.

Only with accurate, reliable information pinpointing facts about current laws, pending legislation and clear answers to questions about government that comes direct from an unassailable source can the conversation be furthered, and fairly discussed.

While passionate debate is always a healthy manifestation of the democratic process, and to this end everyone needs to know how to verify directly all the specifics that are set in policies and in ctual legislation, as a good way to start execising a better informed opinion.

Before making your political decisions visit the Library of Congress. 

Also,

 Bureau of Labor Statistics www.bls.gov

 Bureau of Economic Analysis www.bea.gov

For TARP info, references and explanation see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009

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