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98How China Provoked the Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bail-Out
by pgrundy
Today the thing that we were assured would never actually happen, happened: The U.S. government took mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship--a fancy way of saying that U.S. taxpayers... published 4 weeks ago
74Dealing with Debt Collectors
by Joe Sellers
Hello everyone, how are you today? As some of you already know my name is Joe Sellers and I am with the http://www.uscaonline.com/. I am going to tell you some of the things to watch out when speaking with a credit card debt collectors published 4 months ago
48Cast a 'yes' vote for political fisticuffs
by ryanhyatt
I'm not sure how this country will extricate itself from the quagmire of Iraq, but I've devised a way to avoid similar snafus in the future. I propose an amendment to the United Nations whereby conflicts... published 2 months ago
69Government Money Vs. National Debt
by gamergirl
Let's number crunch together for a minute. Suppose we were to enable a pay reduction for every member of the Federal and State government wherein this pay reduction is applied IN FULL to the National Debt.... published 11 months ago
60Slash Taxes for Me, You ... Us?
by William F. Torpey
Sometimes it's not easy to separate politics from the politician, good rhetoric from good policy, the wheat from the chaff. Republicans want big tax cuts. Democrats want big tax cuts. Most Americans want big tax cuts. Great! So what's the problem? published 10 months ago
64National debt the big problem
by wwoods1
Is our national debt a problem? Every time someone mentions that a balance budget is not necessary, I cringe. Because I know that an unbalanced budget can lead to being bankrupt. Now I guess you have to ask... published 2 months ago
70Black Friday: The Financial Conspiracy under Ulysses Grant Presidency
by thecounterpunch
During the American Civil War, the United States government issued a large amount of money that was backed by nothing but credit. As his first presidential act, Grant signed a law promising that the federal... published 13 months ago
65Fiscal Irresponsibility
by livelonger
Set aside, for a moment, the Republicans' disastrous Iraq strategy, its pandering to the most extreme religious elements in the country, and its surrender to anti-immigrant forces that have succeeded in... published 2 years ago
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