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Think your bank deposits will always be 100% guaranteed by the FDIC? Think again.

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The US, UK and NZ have contingency plans to possibly institute Cyprus-style bank deposit confiscation.
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“Capitalism never solves its crisis problems; it moves them around geographically”

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A great animated explanation of why modern capitalism is a world of constant crisis.
Newt’s SuperPAC launches another video going after Romney titled “Blood Money”

Free trade and unrestricted capital flow: How billionaires get rich and destroy the rest of us

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“Free trade” is why they’re obscenely rich, we’re poorer by the day, and world economies regularly crash.
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Austerity’s next victim: Portugal

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The Portuguese economy has retracted worse than expected due to GOP-style austerity measures. Surprise!
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Ed Asner narrates “Tax the Rich: An animated fairy tale”

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The solution to our problems is simple: We must tax the rich. When will we accept that simple fact?
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No austerity anywhere in the world has restored a national economy

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The song of the predator class — “All your money are belong to us.”
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Jobs report “steady but uninspiring”

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The jobs numbers continue to be decent but not exciting, though it’s more growth than during the Bush years.
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The Clinton economic era was not a Democratic golden age

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If you think the Dems bring economic gold, read this.
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Wall Street banks fleecing unemployed Americans

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Once again Wall Street is making a huge profit on the problem that they caused in the first place.
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Depression, suicide linked to debt

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“Irresponsible lending and intimidating debt collectors are pushing thousands of people… into depression.”
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