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Political action is well-known to attract young, good-looking women…but so is almost everything. The “We Are the 99%” protests address issues that concern young people with liberal tendencies. So, why is Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street so controversial??? The site is not nearly as exploitative as the title suggests, so enjoy it guilt free!
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I am in the wrong business according to this graph of Wall Street Bonuses vs. Normal Pay… The 10 SCARIEST Charts Of The Recession
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If you have desire to see this film you are probably also a big fan of financial derivatives, espousing the wonders of the free market, and peeing on homeless people. Alexis Bledel just totally killed her career. The jury is still out on Anna Chlumsky…karma from In the Loop goes a long way… The Good [...]
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Got credit card debt? If so, good news: the card issuer can no longer hike your interest rate without warning or raise rates on an existing balance. They have to send your bill at least 21 days before it’s due (up from 14 days). And each bill has to show how long it will take [...]
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Michael Hiltzik translates WellPoint CEO Angela Braly’s words thusly: The nation’s health coverage system is so hopelessly broken that even the health insurance industry can’t handle it anymore. Insuring the aging and unemployed is killing health insurance profits! Those poor, poor insurers… via What do we need health insurers for anyway? – Los Angeles Times
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This is a fantastic piece of data pr0n that should shut-up every Obama-knocker out there! One year in, the evidence is clear – and growing by the day – that the Recovery Act is working to cushion the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and lay a new foundation for economic growth. Organizing for [...]
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Good video from Jon Stewart: The Notorious AIG – Congress Wants to Blame Someone (The Daily Show)
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On their latest episode of NPR’s Planet Money, Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg point fingers. And they talk to a guy named Ian Bremmer who says something that we all need to get onboard with. Concerning the firestorm of heat AIG’s current CEO (newly appointed, not responsible for the crisis at AIG) is getting for [...]
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3 – The U.S. presidency became a legislative power Another thing you didn’t know about the Great Depression was how it changed the presidency. The U.S. Constitution established three branches of the federal government: the Executive (the president), the Legislative (congress) and the Judiciary (federal courts). Nowhere in the presidential job description does it expressly [...]
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