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Austerity

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Want to Help Small Businesses? Bring on Taxmageddon
Small Business Majority sees silver lining in letting tax cuts expire.

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Beleaguered Europe, Back in the Spotlight
Paul Krugman: Unemployment is rising fast, and at some point the strain will just be too much to take.

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Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All
Militarization is increasingly the sole method the global 1 percent favors to create and protect its excessive wealth.

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Paul Krugman | The GOP’s Privatization Pathology
Paul Krugman: When it comes to the GOP's ideas about privatizing basic public services, thereu2019s something pathological going on.

General Strike Sweeps Europe as Millions Reject Austerity
Spanish and Portuguese workers are coordinating their strike with work stoppages underway in Greece, Italy, France and Belgium.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Spanish Bank Association Freezes Eviction Orders in Cases of “Extreme Hardship” Following Suicides, and More
In today's On the News segment: Two homeowners facing eviction in Spain have committed suicide prompting the Spanish banking association to freeze all eviction orders in cases of

Elites Demanding Austerity Also Ignored Housing Bubble
We shouldn't trust the same people who ignored the housing bubble when they tell us we need to more cuts to social programs.

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The Corporate Masters of the Universe
As austerity hit hard in Greece, we elected a caucus of Republicans hell-bent on doing the bidding of American corporate masters and bringing austerity to the United States.

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Needing FEMA
FEMA to the rescue.

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Voluntary Austerity: All Pain, No Gain
Weu2019re creating a situation in which both the private sector and the public sector are trying to slash spending.