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    Credir card debt --staggering

    well 6 months now means they should have charged it off and let the collection companies take over. It'll continue to be "selective prosecution" in the meantime depending on where you live and what you make... But I'm sure there are plenty of others out there who have used the card(s) to...
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    Crime!!!

    few extra bank robberies lately in my area... then again, the city is perpetuated with mostly low-income minorities...
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    Downward Spiral: We will hit 12%+ Unemployment, Japanese Style Deflation & Crash

    well, keep up the 500K/month job losses, and we'll soon effectively wipe out the past 4-5 years or so in less then 2 years.
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    I remember when people did not perpetually lease or buy cars all the time.

    '98 Corolla now with ~185K. I should easily get 200 bare minimum, striving for 250+ though which would get 3-4 more years. Maybe even top 300?
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    To see why Detroit's Pintos, Grenadas, will never keep up, see the '09 Toyota Venza

    my '98 Corolla gets better mileage....
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    2 more banks down

    FDIC Friday doesn't disappoint. See if maybe a couple more get hit before the holidays. But don't worry...your money's safe ;)
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    States beg and borrow to help pay jobless benefits

    It's only going to get worse... --------------------------------------- (AP) - Five states, including Ohio, are in danger of running out of funds they use to pay unemployment benefits, meaning they may have no choice but to increase taxes on employers, cut benefits for laid-off workers or...
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    Homeowners who modified loans are in trouble again

    like turning a 30-year into a 40-year with slightly lesser monthly payments would do much... if you can't afford it before...what's to say you'll afford it now? Or for that matter, some people just don't have the money management skills needed to own a house...
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    You think it’s a buyer’s market for new cars? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

    would make Rent-A-Center look like child's play here :D
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    College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.

    ^^it's amazing how the cycle continues...and then when we tell our kids the same things...
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    Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker) - The End Of Wall Street's Boom

    way too long to paste here, but a hell of a read... http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/11/11/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boom
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    Brazil Economy: Sign of the times

    and they didn't stop trading for a minute? Guess the markets REALLY don't care :D
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    Today's Selloff (No Drama Necessary)

    Actually there was significance today. The Big Apple Circus rang the opening bell and gave clown noses out to the floor people :D
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    No relief for credit card deadbeats.

    if this helped a lot more people, maybe it would be reconsidered. You mean to tell me 50,000 or so are the "worst off?" Bullshit.
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    Bank of England: We'll Cut To Zero

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1085038/Bank-England-Well-slash-rates-ZERO-rescue-economy.html so why not US? :D
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    City of Detroit Asks U.S. Government for $10 Billion Dollar Bailout

    Here's your app: http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/reports/applicationguidelines.pdf Deadline: 5pm Friday.
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    A Quiet Windfall For US Banks...

    A Tax Law 'Shock' The guidance issued from the IRS caught even some of the closest followers of tax law off guard because it seemed to come out of the blue when Treasury's work seemed focused almost exclusively on the bailout. "It was a shock to most of the tax law community. It was one of...
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    A Quiet Windfall For US Banks...

    and the scheming continues... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/09/AR2008110902155.html?hpid=topnews A Quiet Windfall For U.S. Banks With Attention on Bailout Debate, Treasury Made Change to Tax Policy By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer Monday...
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    Whos Order is THAT at this time

    did it get filled?
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