Thursday, August 4: Senate votes to pass House bill that will raise taxes. Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 513.
Friday, August 5: Standard & Poor’s downgrades U.S. sovereign debt from AAA to AA+. Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 61.
Monday, August 8: President Obama repeats threat to raise taxes as a part of a “balanced” plan to reduce the national debt. Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 635.
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Jim Johnston ([email protected]) is an economic advisor to The Heartland Institute.
James L. Johnston
December 18, 1935 – January 21, 2022
