XL Country 100.7 KXLB Radio » national debt http://xlcountry.com Fri, 17 May 2013 23:14:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 How Will the Debt Crisis Affect Trace Adkins' New Album? http://xlcountry.com/how-will-the-debt-crisis-affect-trace-adkins-new-album/ http://xlcountry.com/how-will-the-debt-crisis-affect-trace-adkins-new-album/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:59:14 +0000 Jeff Giles http://tsminteractive.com/?p=30049 Selling an album is hard enough in today’s tough musical climate without having to worry about current events overshadowing your music — but that’s just the position Trace Adkins is finding himself in with his upcoming release, ‘Proud to Be Here.’

As Adkins pointed out during a recent interview, “My album comes out August 2. And when is the deadline on the debt crisis? August 2! So, what do you think is going to dominate the press that day? I’m out there trying to sell my album and it’s never mind that, we’re going down the toilet!”

]]> http://xlcountry.com/how-will-the-debt-crisis-affect-trace-adkins-new-album/feed/ 0 Rick Diamond, Getty Images President Obama, Congressional Leaders Reach Debt Deal, Plan to Face Vote http://xlcountry.com/obama-congressional-leaders-reach-debt-deal-plan-to-face-vote-2/ http://xlcountry.com/obama-congressional-leaders-reach-debt-deal-plan-to-face-vote-2/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:10:54 +0000 Stephanie Berning http://tsminteractive.com/?p=30119 President Barack Obama said Sunday night that he and Congressional leaders had reached a debt deal that cuts trillions in federal spending. The debt ceiling plan was set to face a vote on Monday in hopes of enacting it before a Tuesday deadline, thus averting default, The New York Times reported.

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