On today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the 9.8% unemployment rate, and how plans by Obama's deficit reduction committee may impact small businesses.
Tag Archives: Deficit
Debating Mitch Daniels' Call for a VAT
In today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh to debate Mitch Daniels' call for a new Value-Added-Tax (VAT). Also on the show, Brad and Pej talk about the 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back.
The Brewing VAT
In this week's Coffee and Markets, we discuss the upheaval in the marketplace in the wake of Greece's problems and we talk about the White House plan, as advocated by Steny Hoyer and Paul Volcker, to institute a VAT.
Is the Deficit Really Shrinking?
On today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss a DHS reaction to Bitcoin, a CBO report on a shrinking deficit and why liberals think deficits are a good thing.