The New Enemy of Economic Recovery: Austerity Protesters
George Osborne image Eric Blair Activist Post As the United States surpasses the debt ceiling today, and Obama and Boehner play “let’s make a deal”…
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Treasury to tap pensions to help fund government
Zachary A. Goldfarb The Washington Post The Obama administration will begin to tap federal retiree programs to help fund operations after the government lost its…
Obama warns on debt ceiling risk
© AFP/File Brendan Smialowski AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama warned the United States risked plunging back into recession if a standoff over the…
Money-hungry US to hit borrowing cap
© AFP/File Shawn Thew AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The debt-laden US government’s credit card will hit its limit Monday, creating a cash crunch that puts…
Social Security, Medicare burning through funds
A health care activist © AFP/Getty Images/File Chris Hondros AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States is burning through its health care and retirement fund…
Debt Ceiling — Raise It Up (Charlie McGrath RT Interview)
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$2 Trillion Mile Marker on Road to Perdition
Greg Hunter USA Watchdog This week, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner proposed raising the debt ceiling by $2 trillion. I thought, this should be big news! After…
US Debt Rating Should Be ‘C’: Independent Agency
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US Treasury to cut issues as May 16 debt cap nears
The US Treasury © AFP/File Karen Bleier AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Treasury said Monday it would begin cutting certain debt issues as it…
Bad Education: College Debt No Longer Economical
Wikimedia image Malcolm Harris N+1 Magazine The Project On Student Debt estimates that the average college senior in 2009 graduated with $24,000 in outstanding loans….
Newly Graduated And Drowning In Six Figures Of Student Loan Debt
College Graduates Wikimedia Image Amanda M. Fairbanks Huffington Post NEW YORK — Hardly a day goes by where Ashley Angello doesn’t fret about her student…
So what if the US credit rating is cut?
Dees Illustration AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – For the first time a top credit ratings agency has seriously hinted the United States might be forced to…
So what if the US credit rating is cut?
Dees Illustration AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – For the first time a top credit ratings agency has seriously hinted the United States might be forced to…
America, The Insolvent (Video)
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