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Strike over Greece austerity measures turns violent

Budget Deficit Shrinks To $349 Billion In Last Four Months | Fox News

The U.S.

Another Obama Disaster: Deficit This Year $500 Billion More Than Original Estimates

In 2009 the Obama Administration estimated that the US deficit would decrease from $1.75 trillion to a more manageable $600 billion in three years.

Illusion of Economic Recovery - Feelings and Facts

The last week has offered an amusing display of the difference between the cheerleading corporate mainstream media, lying Wall Street shills and the critical thinking analysts like Zero Hedge, Mike Shedlock, Jesse, and John Hussman.

White House spokesman: the shrinking workforce is"an economic positive"

When the latest unemployment numbers were released, I imagined how a panicked White House would react to the media reporting the truly significant news about workforce collapse, instead of writing upbeat headlines about the decent, but unexciting, job growth in January.  You …

The Largest Holders of the American Debt

By Paul Toscano Updated 31 Jan 2012 Holders of US Gov't Debt As the U.S.

You Have Not Suffered Enough, America

Saturday Rich Yeselson wrote here about the moralistic strain in American politics that leads President Obama to limit proposals to help homeowners with underwater mortgages to those who have proved themselves “responsible” (not that easy to determine, actually, unl …