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Economy - Economics USA

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commondreams.org

Today, May 1, 2014, is International Labor Day. It is worth summing up how well American workers—and their unions—have fared over the past year; since the so-called economic recovery began in mid-2009; and for the recent decades preceding.

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http://www.businessinsider.com, Sara Silverstein

Last year the percentage of people leasing new cars rather than buying jumped from 22% to 26% according to Edmunds.com. The overall lease percentage rose to 28% in the first quarter of 2014.

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arclein

“Everything was to excess,” he says. “I met more offensive people in a year than I had in my entire life. People lived beyond their means, and the way they did it was by going into debt. That’s what shocked me the most. Debt was a foreign concept in

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naturalnews.com

The embattled American consumer can't seem to catch a break. Gas prices remain high, electric rates are rising, clothing is becoming more expensive, school debt is piling up, taxes are climbing, healthcare costs have not come down and food prices --

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