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Kelli Space graduated from Northwestern, financed by Sallie Mae. She owes almost $200,000. Tuition there is $14,000 a quarter, or $38,000 for three quarters x 4 years, which totals $152,000. So she wasn’t a spendthrift, not at all. Now she has crippling debt for decades into the future. Student loans are not dischargable by [...] But first, Ecuador offers asylum to WikiLeaks founder and even liberal and left blogs that should know better are harrumphing like neanderthal conservatives about how Assange has gone beyond the pale and isn’t it tragic that governments can have their sleazy lies and evasions exposed for all to see on the Intertubes. I expect they’ll [...] Is this for real? Turns out … could be. The government certainly is thinking about getting a piece of the retirement savings pie and is floating plans to have ‘voluntary’ Guaranteed Retirement Accounts (GRA) whereby the feds would take some of your private retirement money and give you annuities in return that are absolutely, [...] The Economist. Alamy/Corbis It can’t be stopped, say those enivironmental extremists at The Economist , but its effects can be made less bad. They recommend rich nations help poorer ones develop energy sources, better planting practices, a reduction in protectionism, and more. None of this will make climate change all right. It remains the [...] I applaud Chris Hedges. After years of writing apocolyptic, often hauntingly accurate and incisive columns for TruthDig, there’s finally a sign that he is going to take tangible action and, as they say, put his money where his mouth is. On Dec. 16 I will join Daniel Ellsberg, Medea Benjamin, Ray McGovern and several military [...] Thank you, Mexico. Thank you, China. Thank you, corrupt money laundering US banks and hedge funds. The youth of America salutes you. A legitimate pharmaceutical company in India exports cold pills to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where they are falsely labeled as herbal supplements and shipped to Belize, and then to Veracruz [...] Green Party activist and sometimes Polizeros contributor Derek Wall, filmed at the Coalition of Resistance conference Nov 27th in the UK. “I believe in nonviolence, but if the windows have got to go, then the windows have got to go. Nonviolence is about defending life, it’s not about defending property. We have a capitalism [...] It’s as if we’re having the following dialogue: “Ireland really can’t afford to pay these debts.” “Here’s a credit line!” “No, really, we just can’t afford to pay.” “Here’s a credit line!” It really is like watching a car wreck. Suddenly there is major news everywhere. The European debt crisis is growing. Portugal and Spain are next. The banksters are trying to force countries to make good on private loans and bond purchases that should never have been made. They don’t care if they destroy countries. But Europeans and Brits has a long history [...] |
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