tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914298277721967653.post7320933503855935164..comments2023-03-20T05:27:16.418-07:00Comments on New Orleans Labor Voice: The Stock YardsAlfred W. Bostickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188631716164379005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914298277721967653.post-29567848815933287722011-08-11T08:47:36.050-07:002011-08-11T08:47:36.050-07:00Just to drive the point home about the market for ...Just to drive the point home about the market for US debt. Look at these <a href="http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=realyield" rel="nofollow">negative real yield rates for treasuries.</a> <br /><br />In an abstract sense, lenders are willing to practically pay the government to borrow money right now. So obviously our policy response is to figure out a way to slash "entitlements." Insanity.<br /><br />--JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com