Oct 4 2013

The grand financial shift: Rich own assets while poor and working class deep in debt. 70 percent of wealth for the bottom 80 percent locked up in principal residence.

A core reason for the financial crisis was because too much debt was given to those with very little ability to pay it back.  From the wealthiest banks to those scrimping by on minimum wage.  The irony of this is that many for-profit colleges for example use government aid to finance the education of those […]

Sep 25 2013

Debt serfdom via student loans: A new class of indentured servants now carry the $1.1 trillion student loan bubble and cracks are already plaguing the system.

$1.1 trillion.  That is the amount of student debt being carried on the backs of millions of Americans.  Student debt has become a rite of passage for many young Americans.  In fact, many Americans establish their first credit line with student debt as they enter college.  The crisis is large and has a direct connection […]

Sep 22 2013

How the stock market is a sham for the working and middle class. 53 percent of Americans have no money in the stock market, including retirement accounts. 62 percent of all US wealth owned by top 5 percent.

The growing wealth divide in this country is devouring every piece of the middle class that is currently left.  The stock market is largely a sham for most Americans.  Why?  Many hedge funds and other large Wall Street firms are in the business of making quick profits even if it means destabilizing the underlying economy.  […]

Sep 17 2013

A road to unsustainable debt: CBO reports that US is on unsustainable budget course as spending exceeds revenues.

A recent CBO report came out with a rather sobering outlook of our governmental spending habits.  The word “unsustainable” is probably not something you want uttered in a report about meeting a budget.  Yet that has been our recent trajectory when it comes to spending.  The massive financial crisis and subsequent bailouts have resulted in […]

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