The Economy http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/forums/141 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:04:50 GMT Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:09:14 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/forums/141 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ The rich have stolen the economy ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/5152/t/The-rich-have-stolen-the-economy.html

Bloomberg reports that Treasury... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (cmadison) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/5152 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:42:27 GMT <![CDATA[ How Much of the Stimulus Money has Already Been Spent? ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/5007/t/How-Much-of-the-Stimulus-Money-has-Already-Been-Spent-.html One of the (many) problems with using big increases in federal government spending as an economic stimulus tool is timing. You can't appropriate and spend it fast enough to matter much during the downturn. Spending it years later, after the economy has already begun to recover on it own, then becomes an inflation worry.

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There is a feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/5007 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:45:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Millions face shrinking Social Security payments ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4996/t/Millions-face-shrinking-Social-Security-payments.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise. The trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won't be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next two years. That hasn't happened since automatic increases were adopted in 1975.

By law,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4996 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:14:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Governor Linche looted the treasury! ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4947/t/Governor-Linche-looted-the-treasury-.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Brojees) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4947 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:57:03 GMT <![CDATA[ American capitalism gone with a whimper ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4667/t/American-capitalism-gone-with-a-whimper.html

It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.

True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4667 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:56:42 GMT <![CDATA[ The Disease of Permanent War ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4627/t/The-Disease-of-Permanent-War.html http://www.alternet.org/democracy/140106/the_disease_of_permanent_war/

The Disease of Permanent War

By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. Posted May 19, 2009.

The embrace by any society of permanent war is a parasite that devours the heart and soul of a nation.
The embrace by... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (glitterypickles539) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4627 Tue, 19 May 2009 07:35:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Free cars for poor fuel road rage ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4596/t/Free-cars-for-poor-fuel-road-rage.html

Gov. Deval Patrick's free wheels for welfare recipients program is revving up despite the stalled economy, as the keys to donated cars loaded with state-funded insurance, repairs and even AAA membership are handed out to get them to work.

But the program - fueled by a funding boost despite the state's fiscal... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4596 Thu, 07 May 2009 23:14:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Obama's latest budget-tightening effort hardly makes a dime's worth of difference ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4556/t/Obama-s-latest-budget-tightening-effort-hardly-makes--dime-s.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cut a latte or two out of your annual budget and you've just done as much belt-tightening as President Barack Obama asked of his Cabinet on Monday.

The thrifty measures Obama ordered for federal agencies are the equivalent of asking a family that spends $60,000 in a year to save $6.

Obama made his push for frugality the subject of his first Cabinet meeting, ensuring it would... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4556 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:44:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Which is Better? Recovery.gov or Recovery.org ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4554/t/Which-is-Better-Recovery-gov-or-Recovery-org.html Transparency

The Obama talk of transparency in the stimulus package is just that talk. It's Recovery.gov website is so like one of those phone menu systems that certain industries are noted for that out of frustration one will give up before finishing their search. Receovery.org... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NateRiver) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4554 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:03:27 GMT <![CDATA[ N.Y. vs N.J. in a Dead Heat ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4499/t/N-Y-vs-N-J-in-a-Dead-Heat.html N.Y. vs N.J.
The cross-river rivalries are at it again. This time is neither who can lure a champion team nor who can claim rights to Lady Liberty. The stakes are much higher in this steep competition. In this latest battle, the winner is the ultimate loser. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NateRiver) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4499 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:31:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Great News about YOUR bailout money ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4492/t/Great-News-about-YOUR-bailout-money.html

New Tax Credit for Workers Takes Effect This Week

The "Making Work Pay" tax credit, which took effect Wednesday, was enacted as part of the economic recovery package that Congress passed in February.


Most workers will start seeing about a $10 bump in their weekly paychecks this week, thanks to a new federal tax credit.

The "Making Work Pay" tax credit, which took effect Wednesday, was enacted as part of the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4492 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:23:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Zero Alert! ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4486/t/Zero-Alert-.html ZEROES

"Due to the increased demand of our zeroes, they are in short supply. Please conserve your zeroes. The Federal government needs all we can get."
]]> feeds@yuku.com (NateRiver) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4486 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:24:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Here we go again! ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4478/t/Here-we-go-again-.html Published on Thursday, March 26, 2009 by Reuters

Hidden Homeless Emerge as US Economy Worsens

by Steve Gorman and Suzanne Hurt

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Ichigo Kurosaki) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4478 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:46:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Another AIG fact, they got theirs ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4474/t/Another-AIG-fact-they-got-theirs.html
See the rich get the laws to favor them. BTW none of these actions added any jobs to our economy. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (cmadison) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4474 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:08:24 GMT <![CDATA[ How to decide who gets laid off ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4470/t/How-to-decide-who-gets-laid-off.html As the President of this business that employs 45 people, I have
accepted the fact that Barack Obama is our new President, and that our
taxes and government fees will now increase in a BIG way.

To compensate for this additional overhead, I figure that the
customers will have to see an increase in our fees of about 8% but since
we cannot raise those prices right now due to the dismal state of our
economy, we will... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4470 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:01:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Parasites ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4468/t/Parasites.html Published on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by CommonDreams.org

Insurance Industry: The Parasite That Feeds on US Public Health System

by Dave... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Ichigo Kurosaki) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4468 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:16:15 GMT <![CDATA[ I got mine! ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4455/t/I-got-mine-.html tears falling from their eyes.
They want to be accepted but
their lives are only lies.

They want to keep their bonuses
and wallow in their greed.
They have care what others lose,
of that they pay no heed.

They lock their doors, they don't go out,
they send their man for food.
Reporters come unto their house,
and they are treated rude.

So cheaters change your ways today
or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4455 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:11:43 GMT <![CDATA[ Timeline Reference: Banking Crisis ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4449/t/Timeline-Reference-Banking-Crisis.html (CNN) -- The credit crisis has transformed the global financial landscape, bankrupting established names and prompting unprecedented interventions by governments and central banks to save others from collapse as they buckle under the weight of "toxic debts." This timeline charts the key moments in that process.

2007
Feb. 7: HSBC announces losses linked to U.S. subprime mortgages.

May 17: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said growing number of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4449 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:45:45 GMT <![CDATA[ Fannie plans bonuses of up to $611K for 4 execs ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4440/t/Fannie-plans-bonuses-of-up-to-611K-for-4-execs.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fannie Mae plans to pay retention bonuses of as much as $611,000 each to key executives this year as part of a plan to keep hundreds of employees from leaving the government-controlled company.

Rival mortgage finance company Freddie Mac is planning similar awards, but has not yet reported on which executives will benefit.

The two companies, which together own or back more than... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SO Linche) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4440 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:19:50 GMT <![CDATA[ GOP idolatry ]]> http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4438/t/GOP-idolatry.html Published on Monday, March 16, 2009 by TruthDig.com

The False Idol of Unfettered Capitalism

feeds@yuku.com (Ichigo Kurosaki) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4438 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:15:27 GMT