Survey Shows Record Number of Americans Ready to Leave the US

BALTIMORE, March 31 /PRNewswire/ — In a survey of readers on March 22, 2010, InternationalLiving.com found that nearly 96% of respondents said they are more likely to move out of the United States than they were last year.More than 500,000 readers of the company’s free Daily E-letter were asked a single question: Are you more [...] continue reading world news

Tent Cities Spring Up in America

Concentrations of homeless people are nothing new in America, but recent BBC and Los Angeles Times reports depict a rising trend of shanty slums, such as a “city” of newly homeless people living in tents near the Ontario airport in Los Angeles.If you recall your Steinbeck, the residents of the 20c Hoovervilles were largely tenant [...] continue reading world news

Treasury Secretary Geithner Delays Currency Report

(Adds former China adviser’s comment in 13th paragraph, trade chamber’s report in 22nd.)April 4 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner delayed a scheduled April 15 report to Congress on exchange-rate policies, sidestepping a decision on whether to accuse China of manipulating the value of the yuan.Geithner in a statement yesterday urged China to [...] continue reading world news

Looting Main Street: How the nation’s biggest banks are ripping off American cities with the same predatory deals that brought down Greece

If you want to know what life in the Third World is like, just ask Lisa Pack, an administrative assistant who works in the roads and transportation department in Jefferson County, Alabama. Pack got rudely introduced to life in post-crisis America last August, when word came down that she and 1,000 of her fellow public [...] continue reading world news

Flashback: The Wile E Coyote Government

Why does the American government consistently fail to foresee the future results of its own actions? Because it is incompetent.—My take on that is, that it is impossible to be that much incompetent! This is an ‘intentionally incompetent’ elite puppet government that is looting the taxpayer until there is nothing left.The government is ‘channeling’ taxpayer [...] continue reading world news

Bank of America & Wells Fargo to Pay Zero 2009 Federal Income Tax

Bank of America, Wells Fargo Probably Won’t Pay Income Tax for 2009 (Charlotte Observer):This tax season will be kind to Bank of America and Wells Fargo: It appears that neither bank will have to pay federal income taxes for 2009.Bank of America probably won’t pay federal taxes because it lost money in the U.S. [...] continue reading world news

Sell-off in US Treasuries Raises Sovereign Debt Fears

The greatest financial collapse in history is coming.The US and the Federal Reserve are bankrupting America and destroying the US dollar.- Record: National Debt Up $2 Trillion in Just 421 Days on Obama’s Watch- US budget deficit hits record $221bn, the largest monthly deficit in history- Rep. Ron Paul: The US Is Insolvent, Government Debt [...] continue reading world news