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By Mark Weisbrot

Greece faces unacceptable conditions for a new bailout. If it defaults, the US had better be ready for the economic shock.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28414.htm



Can The Fed Stop Quantitative Easing?

By Paul Craig Roberts

Can the Fed afford to sacrifice recovery, employment, and Obama s reelection to save the dollar and price stability?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28417.htm



The Land of Unlimited Inequality

By Patrick Martin

The exclusion of the overwhelming majority of the American population from political influence reinforces their economic and social exploitation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28415.htm



US Working and Middle Class: Solidarity or Competition in the Face of Crisis?

By James Petras

For most Americans, the fight today, to the extent that it exists is defensive - efforts to preserve the last vestiges of independent organization, to defend social security, health programs, affordable public education, pensions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28419.htm



Overworked America: 12 Charts that Will Make Your Blood Boil

In the past 20 years, the US economy has grown nearly 60 percent. Oh, and meanwhile, corporate profits are up 20 percent.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/06/speedup-americans-working-harder-charts



Tampa Bay retiree comes home to find all his belongings gone after bank forecloses on WRONG house

Eighty-two-year-old Benito Santiago Sr returned to Tampa from vacation in 2009, and found his residence padlocked, and his life s possessions gone.

http://bit.ly/l9xC0i



Welcome To USA: Journalists Arrested for Filming Public Meeting

By RTAmerica

Journalist Pete Tucker and Reason.tv producer Jim Epstein were arrested at a meeting of the D.C. Taxi Commission for taking pictures and recording the event.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28422.htm


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Bank Errors Continue to Cause Wrongful Foreclosures

Paul Kiel, ProPublica: 'Four years into the foreclosure crisis, banks say they have made major improvements in how they handle struggling homeowners. They have promised, for example, not to foreclose on homeowners who are being considered for mortgage modifications. But that is still happening.'

http://www.truth-out.org/bank-errors-continue-cause-wrongful-foreclosures/1309198276



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