Tag: money
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government sued over seizure of liberty dollars
from new york sun: The federal government’s attempt to stop a group of gold-standard activists from minting an alternative to the greenback is about to face its first legal test. A dozen people around the country filed suit in U.S. District Court in Idaho this week demanding the return of all the copper, silver, gold,…
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paulson power, global crash, US 4 sale & $timulus
paulson to urge new fed powersfrom washington post: Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. plans to call today for the Federal Reserve to be given new, explicit powers to intervene in the workings of Wall Street firms to protect the financial system, adapting his vision of how the financial world should be regulated to reflect…
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decriminalizing drugs would save $46 billion
from st. louis post dispatch: American taxpayers would save more than $46 billion if drug addicts now in prison were instead treated, according to a study released Friday at a national convention of drug court professionals. Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, a former U.S. drug czar, and actress Melanie Griffith joined experts in calling on…
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unions, currencies & the consolidation of power
south america nations found unionfrom bbc: The leaders of 12 South American nations have formed a regional body aimed at boosting economic and political integration in the region. At a summit in Brazil, they signed a treaty which created the Union of South American Nations (Unasur). Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the…
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ny priest caught stealing from collection plate
from ap: A parish priest was arrested and charged on Friday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from church accounts, including a fund for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The priest, the Rev. Patrick Dunne, 63, was arraigned on a grand larceny charge, Janet DiFiore, the Westchester district attorney, said. If convicted, he could be…
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missing bilions & war crimes evidence
pentagon can’t account for $15 billionfrom washington post: The inspector general for the Defense Department said yesterday that the Pentagon cannot account for almost $15 billion worth of goods and services ranging from trucks, bottled water and mattresses to rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns that were bought from contractors in the Iraq reconstruction effort. The…
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states seize citizens’ property to balance their budgets
from abc: The 50 U.S. states are holding more than $32 billion worth of unclaimed property that they’re supposed to safeguard for their citizens. But a “Good Morning America” investigation found some states aggressively seize property that isn’t really unclaimed and then use the money — your money — to balance their budgets. related: house…
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morrissey rescues anti-racism festival
from guardian: Most of us end disputes through the power of rhetoric. We make eloquent, compelling arguments, apologise for misunderstandings, and express our heartfelt opinions. However Morrissey takes a different tack. He donates loads of money. Yesterday’s Love Music Hate Racism carnival at Victoria Park, London, was by all accounts a success. Hard-Fi and the…
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all-time lows: our money & our president
bush disapproval marks lowest in gallup history from usa today: President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll. In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing;…
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wamu gets $7b infusion, cuts jobs, sees big loss
from reuters: Washington Mutual Inc, the largest U.S. savings and loan, said on Tuesday it obtained a $7 billion capital injection from private equity firm TPG Inc and other investors, but that mortgage problems will lead to a $1.1 billion quarterly loss and the elimination of 3,000 jobs… WaMu, as the thrift is known, said…
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Ron Paul Warns Of Worldwide Economic Collapse
from raw replay: Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) Warns of Worldwide Economic Collapse. The following video is from C-SPAN’s Congress Coverage, broadcast on March 12, 2008. new color $5 bills come out todayfrom ap: Abraham Lincoln is getting a little color in his cheeks. New $5 bills bearing the gaunt visage of the nation’s 16th president…
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the new gold rush
from abc/raw replay: Two-and-a-half hours west of Phoenix, deep inside a giant hole in the desert of Quartzsite, Ariz., Brian Kirwin is chasing an age-old American dream. He recently took an ABC News team deep underground to view the mine where he’s planning to strike it rich. “There’s gold in here. There’s about 400,000 ounces,”…
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oregon panhandlers raking in the green
from ap: A police survey says panhandlers outside Wal-Mart in Coos Bay can make $300 a day. Inside, it takes a clerk a week to make that much. Police say people who have a problem with that needn’t look to the law – asking for money is considered protected free speech. Coos Bay authorities say…
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‘euros accepted’ signs invade new york city
from reuters: In the latest example that the U.S. dollar ain’t what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment for merchandise. “We had decided that money is money and we’ll take it and just do the exchange whenever we can with our…
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the military vs america, bush’s budget & fcs follies
US troops asked if they would shoot american citizensfrom paul joseph watson: U.S. troops are being trained to conduct round-ups, confiscate guns and shoot American citizens, including their own friends and family members, as part of a long-standing program to prepare for the declaration of martial law, according to a soldier who recently returned from…