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businessweek.com — AUGUST 14, 2006 IDEAS -- OUTSIDE SHOT By Nancy Killefer and Lenny Mendonca Unproductive Uncle Sam To boost performance, government needs to measure and set targets for its programs The past decade has been one of America's finest in terms of ... (more) Unproductive Uncle Sam
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slacktivist.typepad.com — To be fair, illustrating the personal finance page is a difficult and thankless job. Being asked, week after week, to draw a picture of abstract ideas like "the importance of maximizing your 401(k) contribution" -- on deadline -- is not an easy task. ... (more) Uncle Sam
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A LOOK AT UNCLE SAM’S CREDIT SCORE. Of course the FICO formula doesn’t have a section for “can take…
Instapundit — ... A LOOK AT UNCLE SAM’S CREDIT SCORE. Of course the FICO formula doesn’t have a section for “can take money at gunpoint whenever desired.” That might boost things a bit. (Via ...

We Are Officially a Sub-Prime Nation
Hit & Run — That is, according to the FICO-score calculators over at the Credit Loan blog. If Uncle Sam wanted to buy a house, he would get a rate of 7.836% for a 30 Year Fixed rate. The main downward pressure our credit rating? [T]he government owes almost four times its yearly take. Compare that to your own debt level and you can see why this looks insurmountable. Link via Instapundit. ...

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