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Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
CHART: How Government Programs Keep Millions Of Americans Out Of Poverty
CHART: How Government Programs Keep Millions Of Americans Out Of Poverty: The U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty estimates, released today, found that the poverty rate remained stable in 2011 after three consecutive years of rapid increases during and after the Great Recession. But 46.2 million Americans still live in poverty, defined as less than $23,000 in annual income for a family of four. The data also [...]/p
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
US “Fifty Wealthiest Lawmakers” list: A Congress of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich : Information Clearing House: ICH
US “Fifty Wealthiest Lawmakers” list: A Congress of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich : Information Clearing House: ICH
"The “50 Wealthiest Lawmakers” list shows that dozens of congressional politicians have amassed huge fortunes while simultaneously slashing the wages, benefits and social services of the American people."
"The “50 Wealthiest Lawmakers” list shows that dozens of congressional politicians have amassed huge fortunes while simultaneously slashing the wages, benefits and social services of the American people."
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Federal Reserve Sells Last Of Its Stake In AIG, Turns $18 Billion Profit
Federal Reserve Sells Last Of Its Stake In AIG, Turns $18 Billion Profit: The Federal Reserve of New York sold the last of its stake in American International Group (AIG), the insurance giant bailed out by the federal government in 2008. In selling the last of its assets related to the AIG bailout, the Fed earned an $6.6 billion profit for taxpayers, bringing its total profits from the [...]/p
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