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$15 an Hour NOW – Not 5 to 7 Years from Now
Municipal leaders should be commended for acknowledging the current wage is too low – but phasing in a higher wage over many years is unacceptable in an economy where costs of living are rising and wages are falling.
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Greece Closes Its Banks As Crisis Deepens and Nation Awaits Referendum
Greeks will find their savings blocked and their banks closed for a week following a fateful weekend that has shaken Europe’s single currency.
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U.S. Must Choke Off Predatory Payday Loans and Create Low-Cost “Public Option” Banking
America has 30,000 post offices – mostly in lower-income zip codes where bank branches are vanishing and payday lenders spread like toadstools after rain – making a public option for basic financial services a no-brainer.
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A Coup for Corporate America As U.S. Senate Passes Fast Track
In a win for multinational corporations and the 1 percent, the Senate advanced Fast Track.
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How to Punish Bank Felons
When a big Wall Street bank pleads guilty to criminal felony charges committed, there seems to be no punishment that fits the crime. When real people plead guilty to felonies they go to jail, but nobody involved in bank crimes will see a day behind bars. Fair?
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$200 Million Went to House Members to Pass Fast Track – Here's Who Took the Cash
John Boehner received $5.3 million for a "yea" vote on Trade Promotion Authority, while Kevin McCarthy received $2.4 million and Paul Ryan took $2.4 million.
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Why Greece Is On the Brink Of Putting Life Before Debt
Greece is the target of a violent, illegal, and immoral mission aimed exclusively at shifting private debt onto the public sector.
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How to Steal from Taxpayers While Blaming the Poor
It’s a vicious circle of hypocrisy: Americans dependent on the safety net are urged to “get a job” by the same free-market system that pays them too little to avoid being dependent on the safety net.
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When Too Big To Fail Fails: The Scheme To Seize Depositors' Money
Unprosecuted, unreformed, unregulated and unrepentant, Wall Street parties on – and the money we thought was our own, protected in our checking and savings accounts, could be taken in an instant.
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Iceland Recovering Fastest in Europe After Jailing Bankers Instead of Bailing them Out
The island Nordic nation is on track to become the first European country that suffered in the financial meltdown to “surpass its pre-crisis peak of economic output” – proving to the U.S. that bailing out “too big to fail” banks wasn’t the way to go.
