(SmartMoney) – It’s no secret that falling behind on student loan payments can squash a borrower’s hopes of building savings, buying a home or even finding work. Now, thousands of retirees are learning that defaulting on student-debt can threaten something that used to be untouchable: their Social Security benefits. Read the rest of this entry »

(WideAwakeNews) – March 28th, 2012 – Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – The establishment is pulling out all the stops to shoot down Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell.

First it was former Nixon dirty trickster and Bush’s brain, Karl Rove, who characterized her as “nutty” and a reprobate for taking two decades to pay off her student loans.

Now a decade old video clip as surfaced where O’Donnell admits to dabbling in witchcraft. Read the rest of this entry »

With no clear strategy, the new bank-rescue plan offers only more uncertainty Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters reports:

“No doubt, we’ve got three or four years here that are going to be very tough,” Gates told the eclectic gathering of industry executives and business leaders [at TED]. “We’re going through a period … where a 50-year credit expansion has moved to contraction. You’re going to have a number of years where aggregate demand is low,” he said.

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