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THE ABSURDITY OF DEBT AND OF NOT CANCELLING IT
Salon has been on fire with truth lately, this article on student debt being no exception. From the article, we find out the following very interesting nugget: The total national student loan debt is more than $1.2 trillion, the bulk … Continue reading
FORGET HEARINGS, JAIL BANKERS
Indeed, these will be hearings (if and when they happen) on financial faux pas, not financial terrorism–and the second kind is the kind we need… Having new hearings on the Independent Foreclosure Review–which was abruptly ended by a settlement in … Continue reading
WHO OWNS WHAT: BANKS AND THE NEW FEUDALISM
In a new Salon article, David Dayen eloquently sums up root cause of the new feudalism, which is being helped along by the federal government and federal courts: “Many focus on how the failure to prosecute financial crimes, by Attorney … Continue reading
PROFILES IN RESISTANCE: SHELLEY ERICKSON, THE SOCIAL MEDIA SCOURGE OF THE BANKS
Shelley Erickson Story by: Clinton Kirby (October 30, 2013) It’s almost as if the banking industry has never heard the old saw that “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” The banks are finding this out the hard way, … Continue reading