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The downgrade

So Standard & Poor’s downgraded the U.S. long-term debt from AAA to AA+ (with a negative outlook). Ouch....

posted on: Aug 6, 2011 | author: Nunzia Rider

So the kabuki theater in Washington is over, and, as usual, we’re screwed. Not as screwed as we could have...

posted on: Aug 3, 2011 | author: badtux

The country has been held at gunpoint: a faction of the Congress, in service to a wealthy elite, were able to get away...

posted on: Aug 2, 2011 | author: dave johnson

You have probably been hearing about “the debt crisis.” I can’t open a newspaper or turn on the...

posted on: Jul 29, 2011 | author: dave johnson

We now live in parallel universes. One universe is the one in which most Americans live. In it, almost 15 million...