The number of jobs being lost is an astonishing number, especially because what it represents is households faced with sudden, alarming, economic disasters. Each job lost represents a tilt into desperation. When a household makes a decision to buy something, a car or a house, or even the inevitable refrigerator or lawnmower, the decision involves the amount of money coming in. When that is shut off suddenly, the purchase becomes a huge problem. This has happened to increasing numbers of u
Entries from February 2009
Class Warfare; Who’s For Dinner?
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
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Real Unemployed Folks Furious at Anti-Stimulus Governors
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Actual people who’ve lost their jobs and don’t live in Fountainhead fantasy-land are deeply upset at their governors who are threatening not to take stimulus money to bolster unemployment programs: For people like Henry Kight, 59, of Austin, Tex., the possibility that the money might be turned down is a deeply personal issue. Mr. Kight, who worked for more than three decades as an engineering technician, discovered in September that because of complex state rules, he was not eligible
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Debt Consolidation without Personal Loans
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
The credit crunch has greatly threatened the financial circumstances of people.Do you want to take control of your own finances, but have no idea where to start? Do you have some trouble with applying for bad credit personal loan? Do you need some advice by experts to sort out your financial priorities?
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State of the Black Union: Pure and Simple Greed with Maxine Waters, Marc Morial & Jesse Jackson
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
“Now the Devil has come due!” Congresswoman Maxine Waters just said that when talking about how pure and simple greed got us into the financial situation we’re in. Talking about how black and Latinos were targeted by sub-prime lenders who specifically appealed to the desire to have the American dream. Foreclused properties that are boarded up, driving down the value of all the properties in that community. Now we’re bailing out these financial institutions who are now welfare babies. The prob
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Bad Credit Debt Consolidation Loan Quote
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
This debt plan will simply state that you are committed to get out of debt and help you learn ways to stay out. While many people have heard of credi 6
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