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• http://www.dailypaul.com, by Diamond DogSeattle Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday proposed a phased-in increase of the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next seven years.
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday proposed a phased-in increase of the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next seven years.
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Bernie Sanders Inadvertently Makes the Case for Ending the Fed
The end of the gold standard.
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Are we headed for global financial enslavement because of the greed and the want of more power and money by corporate special interests?
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We’ve pointed out for 4 1/2 years that banks create money out of thin air.
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