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On Speaking To Power, Or, When Sanity’s Gone, There’s Always Satire

August 1, 2011 By fake-consultant

So everybody’s hearing the news, right? There is a tentative debt ceiling deal, and this Administration and Congressional Democrats seem to have won everything they wanted: Republicans get to have multiple “we don’t approve” votes before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #thanksalot, action, comedy, congress, debt, Debt Ceiling, democrats, economics, elections, humor, medicare, obama, politics, republicans, satire, snark, social-security, twitter, white-house, whitehouse

Yes, *THIS* Is Treason

November 8, 2010 By lynne

The entire security of the world economy hinges on government-backed debt. The "Full Faith and Credit of the United States of America" is not just a term bandied about by elite economists. It is the backbone of our entire economy, and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cantor, debt, default, republicans, us-house

Stop Hiding from T Debt

July 13, 2009 By massmarrier

We can remind both Gov. Patrick and both houses that we have multiple crises here. We have aims and mandates that include:Reducing petroleum useFewer polluting vehicles onour streetsLess traffic noise and congestionFrequent, clean, safe and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, debt, deval-patrick, fare-hike, forward-funding, massachusetts, mbta

Cost of College: Notes from America’s Most Indebted Generation

December 15, 2008 By tblade

UMass Boston was recently featured in a superlative ten-minute piece from PBS's The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on the opressive rise in college costs and student debt.   College costs have been climbing for years. Since the early '80s, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: college, debt, economy, education, higher-education, student-loans, umass, umass-boston

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