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Pawlenty on Debt-Ceiling Talks: Political Capital With Al Hunt

July 16 (Bloomberg) — Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty talks with Bloomberg’s Al Hunt about negotiations between lawmakers over raising the U.S. debt limit and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to raise the ceiling.
Bloomberg’s Heidi Przybyla and Julianna Goldman discuss the outlook for the debt-limit talks. Lizzie O’Leary reports on how the government may prioritize payments if the debt-ceiling isn’t raised. Commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O’Beirne talk about the possibility that a debt agreement won’t be reached and the U.S. will default on its debt. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Rutherford Says Illinois Must Kick `Addiction of Debt’

May 26 (Bloomberg) — Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford talks about the debt crisis facing his state.
Rutherford speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness with Margaret Brennan.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Toomey Says U.S. Won’t Default Regardless of Debt Limit

May 19 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Senator Patrick Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania, discusses the outlook for the nation’s debt limit and the prospects of default.
Toomey speaks with Peter Cook on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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AG Warns Students About Credit Card Trap

KCCI-TV’s Angie Hunt reports.

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Loan or Bailout: Detroit Strikes Back – Garage419

Garage419′s first round table debate. Wes Siler, Mike Spinelli and Leo Parente join Matt Farah to discuss the state of General Motors and Chrysler after their recent viability plans were submitted to congress. – Garage419

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Spoof GM Commercial Claims They Repaid Loan

This General Motors CEO explains a few more detail about how GM repaid their loan in “full with interest”!

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Dave Ramsey – Credit Card/Debt Collectors are SCUM

My hero, Dave Ramsey, tells of abusive practices and the violation of Federal law incorporated by debt collectors – particularly credit card debt collectors. Most people do not know that they have rights guaranteed to them by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and debt collectors knowingly and habitually break these laws in order to frighten them into paying.

IT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW TO OWE MONEY!

Do not allow yourself to be lied to (example: “You’re going to go to jail if you don’t pay this” is one of their favorites!) or treated without the dignity you deserve.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FDCPA:

Collectors can NOT call you before 8 am or after 9 pm

Collectors can NOT threaten to have you arrested or charged with a crime if you dont pay

Collectors can NOT continue to call after you have indicated you want them to stop (record your conversation with them, tell them you ARE recording it, write the date and time down in a journal, and follow up with a certified letter stating they may no longer call.)

Collectors can NOT call friends, family members or colleagues repeatedly in order to get you to pay (they may call your acquaintances ONCE in order to track you down and may NOT mention that you owe money or give ANY information that would lead someone to believe that they are attempting to collect a debt.)

For more information on your rights under the FDCPA, please visit my website at www.myarrp.com (click on the “Help With Credit” link at the top.)

To the scum debt collectors reading this: We’re mad as and we’re not going to take this any more! We the People are being educated as to your tactics, garnering strength and numbers, and proposing legislation. We’ll be in touch with you…

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AG fights credit card rate hikes

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says consumers are being gouged in anticipation of the new federal credit card law.

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Chavez Cites Chomsky at UN General Assembly

read excerpt here:

http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2006/09/chomsky.html

Link to the book:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805076883/ref=nosim/representativ-20

Noam Chomsky’s book Hegemony or Survival
Chavez Cites Chomsky at UN General Assembly
Almost all MSM avoided reporting Chavez’s Chomsky book recommendation.

Madame President, excellencies, heads of state, heads of government, high representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it. Noam Chomsky, one of the most prestigious American and world intellectuals. Noam Chomsky. And this is one of his most recent books, “Hegemony or Survival.” “Hegemony or Survival: The Imperialist Strategy of the United States.”

It’s an excellent book to help us understand what has been happening in the world throughout the 20th century, and what’s happening now, and the greatest threat looming over our planet. The hegemonic pretensions of the American empire are placing at risk the very survival of the human species. We continue to warn you about this danger and we appeal to the people of the United States and the world to halt this threat, which is like a sword hanging over our heads. I had considered reading from this book, but, for the sake of time I will just leave it as a recommendation.

It reads easily, it is a very good book, I’m sure Madame [President] you are familiar with it. It appears in English, in Russian, in Arabic, in German. I think that the first people who should read this book are our brothers and sisters in the United States, because their threat is right in their own house. – from transcript Hugo Chavez at the UN

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Kucinich: the Federal Reserve is paying banks NOT to make loans to struggling Americans!

Tuesday, 21 July 2009
U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio, 10th District) questions Neil M. Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, about interest payments made to banks that keep their TARP funds and other government (taxpayer) bailout money with the Federal Reserve, instead of making loans to struggling Americans (the original intent of the TARP, remember?) The Fed makes generous interest payments to the banks for “parking” their “excess reserves” at the Fed.

And guess who will end up paying for this “interest” given to the banks, and everything else? That’s right, you and me, John and Jane Q. Suckers!! The dumb, fat sheep!

By the way, Neil M. Barofsky is a good guy here — don’t beat up on him. He’s in immediate danger of losing his job (if not his life) becauses he’s revealing too many of the Temple’s dark secrets. Barofsky deserves our full support.

You can download Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) reports,testimonies and audits at sigtarp.gov. The July 20th, 2009 report, “SIGTARP Survey Demonstrates That Banks Can Provide Meaningful Information On Their Use Of TARP Funds,” is esecially interesting and can be downloaded at
http://sigtarp.gov/reports/audit/2009/SIGTARP_Survey_Demonstrates_That_Banks_Can_Provide_Meaningfu_%20Information_On_Their_Use_Of_TARP_Funds.pdf

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