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1 year ago
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In Debt We Trust Pt. 1
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Business  (tags: in debt we trust, credit cards, debt, economy )

Marc
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 12 minutes ago - video.google.com
Emmy Award winner Danny Schechter's 'In Debt We Trust' explores the relationship between Congress and the credit complex and how it is having an enormously negative impact on the country's financial health.
1 year ago
1
Wrong Then, Wrong Again
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Business  (tags: housing bubble, stock bubble, credit crunch, recession, economy )

Marc
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 4 minutes ago - cepr.net
The same economists who failed to spot this year's financial meltdown are now predicting that everything will soon be fine.Of course all the economists saying this completely missed the $8tn housing bubble and most of them probably missed the $10tn stock
Why the US has really gone broke
1 year ago

Global confidence in the US economy has reached zero, as was proved by last month’s stock market meltdown. But there is an enormous anomaly in the US economy above and beyond the subprime mortgage crisis, the housing bubble and the prospect of recession: 60 years of misallocation of resources, and borrowings, to the establishment and maintenance of a military-industrial complex as the basis of the nation’s economic life

http://www.care2.com/news/member/101933861/637754

2 years ago

http://www.care2.com/news/member/956805373/615483

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Canadian Paradigm Education Group - on Canadian Tax Laws- Google Movie Included
Business  (tags: government, money, taxes, laws, canada )

Sunshine
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 hour ago - naturalperson.com
after 8 years of searching for the simple reality behind the complexity of the Canadian income tax system, my wife and I stood on the front steps of the Abbotsford Courthouse wondering what had just happened. I had just been acquitted of all charges for f
2 years ago
Ttruthout- Naomi Klein on the Shock Doctrine- 2 Videos World  (tags: klien, shock doctrine, captiasimfinance, freedman, corporate, accountability, economics, Govtfearmongering, demoncracy, economy, socialism, war, torture'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', Govtfearmongering, freedoms )

Sunshine
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - truthout.org
interview with Truthout's Geoffrey Millard, bestselling author and investigative journalist Naomi Klein discusses the catastrophic failures that have ensued from the free-market reforms that have spread throughout the world over the past few decades. Kl
2 years ago
1
Charity Is Fine, But the Real Issue Is Trade Business  (tags: WTO, tarrifs, subsidies, Africa, EU, poverty, famine, economy )

Marc
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 2 minutes ago - stwr.net
As we give money to help the world’s poor onto their feet, the WTO is kicking them back to the ground.
U.S. Federal Deficit
2 years ago
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 10 Dec 2007 at 09:44:19 PM GMT is:
$ 9 , 1 7 0 , 6 4 7 , 2 5 0 , 8 4 7 . 7 4

http://brillig.com/debt_clock/

the same thing happened after 12 years of Reagan and Bush, it being 4 Trillion National Debt that the Clinton administration inherited from the Republican "fiscal conservatives".

In Contrast, the Clinton administration announced record budget surpluses annually:

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/27/clinton.surplus/

There ought be a Federal Law requiring a balanced budget and no national debt.



This post was modified from its original form on 10 Dec, 13:54
2 years ago
2
How Central Bankers Could Save the World From Climate Change World  (tags: central banks, climate change )

Marc
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 minute ago - atimes.com
A hard landing for the US economy will help cut global carbon emissions, by a factor of over 10%, so why not engineer it? This will also force Asian central banks to abandon their US dollar pegs. Interesting vision from Asian Times.
2 years ago
1
Castro Criticizes Socialist Latin American Leaders World  (tags: castro, chavez, socialist, capitiasim. leftist, Latin America )

Sunshine
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 6 minutes ago - reuters.com
Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly criticized Latin America's socialist-leaning presidents for the first time on Sunday.the closing speeches on Saturday were marked by sharp exchanges between Chavez and Spanish leaders
2 years ago
1
Google Video: Milion Friedman on Limited Government- the Best Case for Limited Government   video Business  (tags: dishonesty, economy, government, milton freidman, unethical, money, markets, jobs, labor, loan, finance, tax, government )

Sunshine
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 9 seconds ago - video.google.com
Milton Friedman on Limited Government. the best case for limited government ever. 29 minutes. Old footage of Friedman, note and watch later or listen while surfering
2 years ago
4
Bilderberg 2007- Towards a One World Empire? World  (tags: bilderberg 2007, istanbul turkey, globalization, Govtfearmongering, freedoms, finance, population control, wars, propaganda, politics, corruption )

Sunshine
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 14 minutes ago - nexusmagazine.com
Discussions at the 2007 Bilderberg Group meetings covered concerns over the World Bank presidency, Russia's muscle-flexing on energy issues and the failure of US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan. List of attendees and more
2 years ago
19
Shouting at the Devil: %#&!*% You, Capitalism! - Cyrano & Thomas Paine Corner - Great Article, Some Great Comments World  (tags: corporations, world, ethics, economy, finance, investors, markets, money, dishonesty, government, war, corruption, lies, media, corruption, Govtfearmongering, consumers, SustainableDevelopment, economy, ethics, finance, dishonesty, HumanRights )

Sunshine
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 hour ago - bestcyrano.org
America touts itself as the land of the free, but the freedom that you & I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role.Once you exercise this freedom you’ve lost all control over what you do, what is produced, & in the end the product belongs
2 years ago
9
Fears of Dollar Collapse as Saudis Take Fright Business  (tags: DESTRUCTIONOFAMERICA, debt, economy, finance )

Marc
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 hour ago - telegraph.co.uk
Saudi Arabia has refused to cut interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve for the first time, signalling that the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is preparing to break the dollar currency peg in a move that risks setting off a stampede out of the dolla
2 years ago
1
Breaking Through: Grameen Foundation USA Microfinance Programs   video Society & Culture  (tags: Microfinance, grameen foundation, poverty )

Marc
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 2 minutes ago - video.google.com
For many of the world’s poorest people, access to credit is their golden opportunity to forge a better life for their families with microfinance, a proven poverty reduction program.
2 years ago
1
Oil, the Grease That Fired Up Our Civilisation, Is Becoming the Very Thing That Will Burn It Down. World  (tags: oil, end of oil, environment, global warming, war, power )

Marc
Stars
- 51 seconds ago - care2.com
If anything stands at the heart of making our day to day society work, it is money and oil. Therefore it is mind boggling that average people know so little about the two most important subjects of our time.
Anonymous
Royal Dutch Shell and the Struggle for Iraqi Oil
2 years ago
Royal Dutch Shell and the Struggle for Iraqi Oil World  (tags: iraq, military, occupation, imperialism, militarism, energy, troops, world, energy, middle-east )

Thomas
Thomas has received 57 new, 579 total stars from Care2 membersThomas has been awarded 273 butterflies for taking action at Care2Thomas has 19 Golden Notes.
- 35 seconds ago - wsws.org
Despite growing popular opposition, the Dutch government continues to provide military support to US imperialism in the Middle East and Central Asia. One of the greatest beneficiaries of this support for American militarism is Royal Royal Dutch Shell.
Anonymous
Lawsuits Expose Conditions in US “Guest Worker” Program
2 years ago

Most people are unaware that the U.S. already has a "guest worker program". President Bush's "guest worker" proposal is not a new program but actually just an extension and codification of a visa guest worker program already in place that is rife with worker and human rights abuses that favors big business exploits immigrant unskilled labor and drives down wages and denies employment to U.S. workers. This program that amounts to human trafficking on the part of Big Business Corporate Interests as current labor and immigration laws are seldom if ever complied with or enforced and are flagrantly flaunting existing laws and regulations with impunity. It is doubtful that any new immigration legislation, should it ever be agreed on and passed by Congress and signed by the President, will be complied with or enforced with any more consistency as current laws and regulations that are already on the books. It is all political posturing on the part of elected officials to make it seem to the uninformed and misinformed public as if they are addressing the issue and problems. Talk about "smoke and mirrors"!!!

-Thomas M.

Please Read this entire story and Note:

Expose Conditions in US “Guest Worker” Program US Politics & Gov't  (tags: labor, minimumwage, corruption, exploitation, human trafficking, undocumented immigrants, HumanRights, law )

Thomas
Thomas has received 51 new, 569 total stars from Care2 membersThomas has been awarded 264 butterflies for taking action at Care2Thomas has 18 Golden Notes.
- 46 seconds ago - wsws.org

The court found that Global Horizons and the growers that contracted it violated federal laws by discouraging US resident workers from applying for jobs so that it could hire workers enrolled in the government’s “guest worker” program instead. These workers are regularly paid lower wages and are subject to an even greater level of exploitation than resident workers, which include citizens as well as legal and undocumented workers...

A federal judge last week awarded $1.9 million to 600 local Yakima Valley, Washington farm workers in compensation for illegal treatment by Global Horizons, one of the country’s largest labor contractors.

The judge found “undisputed evidence” that Global Horizons, contracting for two local growers, Valley Fruit Orchards and Acre Farms, violated six federal labor laws in their employment of Yakima Valley fruit orchard workers. These violations included firing workers for not meeting undisclosed productivity requirements, misleading workers about the piece-rates they would be given, and misinforming workers about available transportation options.

Even before the court ruling, Global Horizons lost its license to operate in the state of Washington because it deducted income tax from workers’ paychecks—in a state that has no income tax...

Every year some 120,000 unskilled workers are brought into the US with guest worker visas. They are granted stays for up to one year, which can be extended up to three years at the behest of employers...

2 years ago
If This Is Such a Rich Country, Why Are We Getting Squeezed? Health & Wellness  (tags: bushadministration, corruption, crime, healthcare, humans )

Robert
Robert has received 132 new, 881 total stars from Care2 membersRobert has been awarded 636 butterflies for taking action at Care2Robert has 44 Golden Notes.
- 12 hours ago - alternet.org
While the rich are getting richer, they're slashing social security, medicare and other social programs for the rest of us. What gives?
2 years ago
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The Crashing U.S. Economy Held Hostage Business  (tags: U.S. Economy, americans, banking, capitalism, bushadministration, consumers, depression, money, marketing )

Dee
Dee has received 58 new, 147 total stars from Care2 membersDee has been awarded 98 butterflies for taking action at Care2Dee has 56 Golden Notes.
- 1 hour ago - informationliberation.com
Remember when the U.S. was the world’s greatest industrial democracy? Barely thirty years ago the output of our producing economy and the skills of our workforce led the world. What happened? It’s hard to believe that in the space of a generation........
Anonymous
2 years ago

Marc G.
Marc has received 46 new, 1063 total stars from Care2 membersMarc has been awarded 624 butterflies for taking action at Care2Marc has 13 Golden Notes.
 Friday, 1:26 AM

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CNBC Interview About the Amero.   video US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Amero, North American Union )

Marc
Marc has received 45 new, 1058 total stars from Care2 membersMarc has been awarded 624 butterflies for taking action at Care2Marc has 13 Golden Notes.
- 2 minutes ago - video.google.com
The new currency of the North American Union.
The Amero mentioned in US tv. "Canadians don't want it and Usonians are putting their heads in the sand".

Canada Free Press on the North American Union and Amero currency.

Dollar collapse would result in Amero.

"The idea of Amero is old". Our currency will be replaced - "it's their (The Feds) currency since 1913, and it has already been replaced when the currency went from gold coin to paper and debt system." Editorial at Gold-Eagle, a site for precious metals markets.



This post was modified from its original form on 09 Jul, 5:16
2 years ago
British Middle Class Has Discovered It's Been Duped By the Super-Rich Society & Culture  (tags: inequity, wealth, economics )

Phillip
Phillip has received 3 new, 3 total stars from Care2 membersPhillip has 4 Golden Notes.
- 8 hours ago - politics.guardian.co.uk
The middle class is now working harder than ever to pay increasingly large mortgages on incomes that have stagnated while the wealth of Britain's top 1,000 has quadrupled since 1997. 7.4 million people are living in poverty, and the number is increasing.
Anonymous
G8 Warm-Up Tour: Whose World Is This?
2 years ago

Please read this great essay and Note it! Thanks!

Thomas

G8 Warm-Up Tour: Whose World Is This? World  (tags: europe, world, G8summit, activists, police, politics, riots )

Thomas
Thomas has received 91 new, 502 total stars from Care2 membersThomas has been awarded 237 butterflies for taking action at Care2Thomas has 14 Golden Notes.
- 49 seconds ago - songwritersnotebook.blogspot.com

The riots in Rostock, Germany began around 3 pm last Saturday. In European riots outside of G8 meetings and such, generally all sides refrain from using lethal weapons, were part of a long series of such confrontations around Europe and the world.
2 years ago
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Earth, Inc. Sliding Into Bankruptcy Environment  (tags: environment, economics )

Marc
Marc has received 56 new, 1006 total stars from Care2 membersMarc has been awarded 602 butterflies for taking action at Care2Marc has 10 Golden Notes.
- 55 seconds ago - ipsnews.net
Build a shrimp farm in Thailand by cutting down mangrove forests and you will net about 8,000 dollars per hectare. Meanwhile, the destruction of the forest and pollution from the farm will result in a loss of ecosystems worth 35,000 dollars/ha per year.
Anonymous
Barter Reaps Handsome Payoff
2 years ago
Meals For Additional Parking/Barter Reaps Handsome Payoff For Mets Third Baseman/Revenue & Cash Flow Both Up For IMS Quarter/Key Business  (tags: barter, business, eco-friendly, services, SustainableDevelopment, profit )

Thomas
Thomas has received 78 new, 456 total stars from Care2 membersThomas has been awarded 225 butterflies for taking action at Care2Thomas has 13 Golden Notes.
- 32 minutes ago - barternews.com
BarterNews Provides Online Editorial For The Worldwide Barter Marketplace. The International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA) is an organization serving the business currency industry (also known as the barter or trade industry).
Anonymous
The Social Credit philosophy
2 years ago
Some of you may be familiar with the Social Credit philosophy which spawned universal health care and a national political party in Canada and other countries.

This site is about the founder of that philosophy, the Scottish engineer C. Douglas. It contains the text of his book.

http://www.mondopolitico.com/library/socialcredit/socialcredit.htm
Anonymous
EU + US = true
2 years ago
EU/US Merger: New Global Order By Stealth

- 3 days ago - infowars.net
The two sides agreed to set up an "economic council" to push ahead with regulatory convergence in nearly 40 areas, including intellectual property, financial services, business takeovers and the motor industry.

The same news at BBC.


This post was modified from its original form on 08 May, 5:17
2 years ago
Think the Nation's Debt Doesn't Affect You? Think Again US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, politics, propaganda, war, iraq, lies, military, ethics, constitution )

Madalena
Madalena has received 104 new, 1295 total stars from Care2 membersMadalena has been awarded 471 butterflies for taking action at Care2Madalena has 5 Golden Notes.
- 5 hours ago - truthout.org
In addition to borrowing from the world's poorest countries, Bush & Co. are secretly confiscating your hard-earned dollars to support their out-of-control spending habits," writes John F. Ince.
2 years ago
Americas Coming Financial Crash   video US Politics & Gov't  (tags: economy )

Marc
Marc has received 50 new, 901 total stars from Care2 membersMarc has been awarded 555 butterflies for taking action at Care2Marc has 7 Golden Notes.
- 1 minute ago - video.google.com
A documentary of 40 minutes that really explains it well.
Anonymous
Rocking markets
2 years ago
A big sale of stocks in China rocks the whole world economy. LINK

A week later the US stock exchange falls 2-3 % and drags the rest of the world economy with it.
2 years ago

Bring your economy home

Increasing numbers of people are saying "No" to the corporate global economy. Local economies build human relationships, increase wealth instead of money, and cut environmental harm. Tired of feeling powerless? Bring your economy home.
Anonymous
News worth noting: Congress and Excessive CEO Pay
2 years ago

Congress and Excessive CEO Pay US Politics & Gov't  (tags: congress, ethics, business, legislation, CEO, compensation )

Thomas
Thomas has received 35 new, 261 total stars from Care2 membersThomas has been awarded 129 butterflies for taking action at Care2Thomas has 1 Golden Notes.
- 19 minutes ago - corporatepolicy.org:80

Compensation for top executives in the United States has soared from 30 to 40 times average worker pay a generation ago to over 400 times average worker compensation today.
A world without the WTO
3 years ago
A World Without the WTO World  (tags: )

Marc
Marc has received 52 new, 852 total stars from Care2 membersMarc has been awarded 548 butterflies for taking action at Care2Marc has 7 Golden Notes.
- 56 seconds ago - focusweb.org
Focus on the Global South presents life without the WTO. This provocative and inspiring video answers questions about life in a post-WTO era and invites you to imagine a world without the WTO.
Anonymous
Food sovereignty (070216)
3 years ago

Agricultural research must change radically to realise people's right to food

Farmers and other citizens involved in a major effort to radically change the way the world thinks about food and agriculture will gather this month at an international conference in Mali.

The progress of this growing movement could have profound implications for scientific research, politics, trade and the fight against the twin curses of poverty and environmental degradation. At its centre is a fledgling concept in international policy debates: 'food sovereignty'.

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