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The Role of Government and The Foreclosure Crisis
4 More banks close as U.S. bank failures reaches 124 this year Three bank failures in Georgia and one in Ohio has brought 2010's tally to 124, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday... http://www.mark etwatch.com/story/years-ta lly-of-us-bank-failures-re aches-124-2010-09-17 Am ericans'... ...
The Federal Reserve is proposing another round of "quantitative easing"
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "The Federal Reserve is proposing another round of 'quantitative easing,' although the first round failed to reverse deflation. It failed because the money went to banks, which failed... ...
Is Defaulting on the National Debt on the Table?
Dean Baker, Truthout: "In an interview last week, Rep. Chris Van Hoellen, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, persistently refused to take cuts to Social Security off the table.... ...
The Great Jobs Depression Worsens, and the Choice Ahead Grows Starker
http://www.commondreams.or g/headline/2010/09/03-5 W hy the Big Lie About the Job Crisis? And the $10 Trillion Answer http://www.commondreams.o rg/view/2010/09/03-12 --- ----- Unemployment Edges Up to... ...
The Ecstasy of Empire: How Close Is America's Demise?
By Paul Craig Roberts If the wars are not immediately stopped and the jobs brought back to America, the US is relegated to the trash bin of history. http://www.infor mationclearinghouse.info/a rticle26166.htm What... ...
Do the Rich Need the Rest of America?
Fannie and Freddie's Foreclosure Barons By Andy Kroll How the federal housing agencies and bailed-out banks are helping shady lawyers make millions by pushing families out of their homes. http://www.informa tionclearinghouse.info/art icle26083.htm... ...
Economists Tell the Masses: "It Could Have Been Worse"
Dean Baker, Truthout: "It is amazing that angry mobs have not risen up and chased all the economists out of the country. While the greed of the Wall Street gang provided the fuel for the bubble, the economists... ...
White House Predicts Record $1.47 Trillion Deficit
New estimates from the White House on Friday predict the budget deficit will reach a record $1.47 trillion this year. The government is borrowing 41 cents of every dollar it spends. http://www.npr.or g/templates/story/story.ph p?storyId=128725212&ft=1&f =1001 From... ...
Financial Reform Bill Brings Little Change to Wall Street
http://www.commondreams.or g/headline/2010/07/15-5 - ------- The New Finance Bill: A Mountain of Legislative Paper, a Molehill of Reform Robert Reich: "Thursday, the President pronounced that 'because... ...
Treat Reckless Corporate Behavior like Drunk-Driving
http://www.commondreams.or g/view/2010/07/13-1 ----- --- “They just don’t know who they’re messing with” Mother Jones by Kate Sheppard 07/14/10 If you’ve been reading Mother Jones lately, you’ve heard... ...