Bill Bergman

Articles

U.S. Treasury Bailouts Aren’t What They Used to Be

05/15/2023 Power & Market Bill Bergman

United States citizens are watching a deteriorating tango between banks and the federal government. Bank depositors have been losing confidence in the value of their bank deposits, while credible...

What the US Government’s Annual Financial Report Doesn’t Tell You

02/22/2023 Power & Market Bill Bergman

Last week, two federal government entities produced financial reports. The Treasury Department issued the latest annual (FY2022) Financial Report of the United States Government (FRUSG), and the...

Let’s End Tax Withholding

03/14/2022 Power & Market Bill Bergman

Florida Senator Rick Scott recently kicked over a beehive when he included an income tax increase for most Americans in his 11-point plan to ‘Rescue America.’ The fifth point of that plan, titled...

Media

The Fed Says It Stabilizes the Economy. I’m Skeptical.

08/04/2021 Bill Bergman

The Fed says it "provides the nation with a safe, flexible and stable monetary and financial system." Can we all breathe easier now?

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