AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » National Debt http://kmmsam.com Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Do We Really Need An Internet Tax? http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/ http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:48 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=135814 Assuming online retailers could realize a nice 3% profit after expenses there would be a taxable income of $6.75 billion — hardly a national debt busting amount in a trillion dollar plus economy.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: (L-R) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Peter Sides of the Robert M. Sides Family Music Center, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) participate in a news conference about the Marketplace Fairness Act in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. According to the bill's authors, the proposed legislation would provide states with the authority to require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit tax on purchases shipped into the state, allowing brick-and-mortar retailers to compete with online retailers. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Bill O'Reilly Goes Off On Lefty Alan Colmes About The Obama Budget, Classic! [VIDEO LINK] http://kmmsam.com/bill-oreilly-goes-off-on-lefty-alan-colmes-about-the-obama-budgetclassic-video-link/ http://kmmsam.com/bill-oreilly-goes-off-on-lefty-alan-colmes-about-the-obama-budgetclassic-video-link/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:14:13 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=125060 We talk every morning about the massive debt my country has. How on earth are we EVER gonna pay off a $17 trillion debt. We can't. And the citizens of this country are ready to explode out of frustration

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/bill-oreilly-goes-off-on-lefty-alan-colmes-about-the-obama-budgetclassic-video-link/feed/ 0 The National Debt http://kmmsam.com/the-national-debt/ http://kmmsam.com/the-national-debt/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:00:18 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=108005 We will never pay off a $16 trillion dollar debt. The good news is we don’t have to.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/the-national-debt/feed/ 0 National Debt Clock (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images) Is It Possible To Pay Off the National Debt? http://kmmsam.com/is-it-possible-to-pay-off-the-national-debt/ http://kmmsam.com/is-it-possible-to-pay-off-the-national-debt/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:08 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=58729 If Bill Gates and I both buy our own private Gulf Stream jet planes, which of us will have the tougher time making the payments?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/is-it-possible-to-pay-off-the-national-debt/feed/ 0 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Senate Votes For Debt Deal http://kmmsam.com/senate-votes-for-debt-deal/ http://kmmsam.com/senate-votes-for-debt-deal/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:13:39 +0000 1450 KMMS AM http://kmmsam.com/?p=8530 Narrowly avoiding a national default on it's debts, the US Senate passed the raising of the debt ceiling in a 74-26 vote. The raising of the ceiling will be offset by $2.4 trillion in budget cuts. Where will these cuts come from?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/senate-votes-for-debt-deal/feed/ 0 Win McNamee/Getty Images President Obama, Congressional Leaders Reach Debt Deal, Plan to Face Vote http://kmmsam.com/obama-congressional-leaders-reach-debt-deal-plan-to-face-vote-2/ http://kmmsam.com/obama-congressional-leaders-reach-debt-deal-plan-to-face-vote-2/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:10:54 +0000 Stephanie Berning http://tsminteractive.com/?p=30119 President Barack Obama said Sunday night that he and Congressional leaders had reached a debt deal that cuts trillions in federal spending. The debt ceiling plan was set to face a vote on Monday in hopes of enacting it before a Tuesday deadline, thus averting default, The New York Times reported.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/obama-congressional-leaders-reach-debt-deal-plan-to-face-vote-2/feed/ 0 Brendan Smialowski, Getty Images Ok, Who Went Out And Spent $3,657,394,113? http://kmmsam.com/3657394113-84-whats-this/ http://kmmsam.com/3657394113-84-whats-this/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:50:30 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=1971 That's a big number, right? Let's round it off to $3.66 billion. What is that number?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/3657394113-84-whats-this/feed/ 0 The US National Debt Just Passed $14 Trillion. How Much Is That http://kmmsam.com/the-us-national-debt-just-passed-14-trillion-how-much-is-that/ http://kmmsam.com/the-us-national-debt-just-passed-14-trillion-how-much-is-that/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:00:10 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=1893 If you're like most people not involved with drug trafficking, you don't often actually see U.S. money with more than one or two zeroes on it, as in $50 or $100.

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