Why Obama's Favorite Student Debt "Relief" Program Will Cost Taxpayers $100 Billion

08-08-2015 • Zero Hedge

A few months back, we called the government's Income Based Repayment plans, or IBR, "the student loan bubble's dirty little secret."

NY borrowing $5M for 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' studio renovations

08-04-2015 • syracuse.com

State leaders are planning to borrow $5 million to help CBS pay for renovations at the Ed Sullivan Theatre, the home for the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," according to state records.

Varoufakis: Spain Could Become Greece if Austerity Persists

08-02-2015 • http://www.telesurtv.net

Politicians are using Greece's economic crisis to delegitimize anti-austerity policies, but Varoufakis says the opposite it true.

Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 8/3/15: Politics Is Not the Path to Pro-Life Victory

08-02-2015 • popularliberty.com

During my time in Congress, I regularly introduced legislation forbidding organizations that perform abortions from receiving federal funding.

Puerto Rico will default

08-01-2015 • Megan Davies and Jessica DiNapoli

Puerto Rico will miss a payment on debt due August 1, the governor's chief of staff said on Friday, an event that will be considered a default by investors as the commonwealth lurches towards what could be one of the largest US municipal debt restruc

Portugal's Debts Are (Also) Unsustainable

07-19-2015 • http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

Everyone seems to be focusing on Greece these days – a country so indebted that it needs even more loans to repay just a fraction of its gigantic credits.

"The Streets Of Athens Will Fill With Tanks":...

07-19-2015 • http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

Over the course of six painful months, round after round of fraught negotiations between Greece and its creditors produced all manner of speculation about what a "Grexit" would actually entail.

Stone Cold Proof That America Deserves Judgment

07-17-2015 • endoftheamericandream.com

What should be done to a nation that has killed more than 56 million babies and doesn't even feel bad about it?

Greece Just Gave Everyone The Best Trade Opportunity Of The Year

07-14-2015 • http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

At an annualized return of approximately 20,622,184,553,370,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000%, Greece just gave everyone the best trade opportunity of the year...

Breathtaking Political Capitulation; Tsipras Should Resign;...

07-13-2015 • http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com,

I am seldom stunned by political stupidity. In fact, I am surprised when I don't see it.

Greeks see 'humiliation' in harsh terms of eurozone bailout

07-13-2015 • By Ella Ide and Joe Sinclair

Greeks were bracing Monday for the effects of the tough terms of an agreement that secured the country's third bailout in five years, with many rejecting them while others said they were necessary to stay in the euro.

Greece reaches deal with creditors, avoids euro exit

07-13-2015 • By PAN PYLAS and RAF CASERT

Greece reached a deal with its European creditors Monday, pledging stringent austerity to avoid an exit from the euro and the global financial chaos that could have followed.

The Latest Grexit Drama, Noting A Default Is Imminent...

07-12-2015 • by Harry S. Dent Jr. & Chris Waltzek

All market bubbles must return to their inception point

It's Not Just The Troika: 79% Of Greeks Oppose Syriza's Third Bailout Proposal

07-11-2015 • http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

While we, and Syriza, await to see just how violently the Troika will throw up all over the Greek proposal (which may have been valid on June 26 but no longer is now that the Greek economy has ground to a halt and virtually all supply-chain linkages

The decline of US power?

07-10-2015 • http://www.bbc.com, Nick Bryant

Standing on the Washington Mall at the turn of the new millennium, it was impossible not to be struck by America's power and global pre-eminence.

Greek deal in sight as Germany bows to huge global pressure for debt relief

07-10-2015 • By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Mehreen Khan

Angela Merkel faces a defining moment in her political career as chorus of voices push for Greek debt relief

Parsing Blame

07-09-2015 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Bionic Mosquito

Whatever opinion one has of the Greek people, the truth is that this entire mess was caused by their politicians and by the bailing-out of European banks.

Throughout history, debt and war have been constant partners

07-08-2015 • theguardian.com

As Greece's spending on weapons shows, it's not pensions or benefits that cripple economies, it's the military-industrial complex

The Troika Swindle: Greeks Owe Nothing to the Banks

07-06-2015 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo

€245 billion debt was fraudulently dumped on the country

Greece votes No: The European Union is dying before our eyes

07-06-2015 • http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Nigel Farage

It's not just disaffected pensioners: young Greeks have worked out that they don't need the bloated EU

Damned…

07-06-2015 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Bionic Mosquito

…if they do, and damned if they don't.

More than 61% of Greeks say 'No' in crucial bailout referendum – early results

07-05-2015 • http://rt.com

More than 61 percent of Greeks have voted "No" in Sunday's referendum on the bailout deal and austerity measures, reported the Interior Ministry after almost 90 percent of the vote had been counted.

Oregon launches program to tax drivers by the mile

07-03-2015 • foxnews.com

David Hastings is a rare American. This long-time hybrid car owner from Oregon wants to pay higher taxes for roads and bridges and says the current 30 cents per gallon state gas tax barely affects him.

U.S. debt headed toward Greek levels

06-30-2015 • washingtonexaminer.com, By Jason Russell

United States' projected debt over the next 25 years looks a lot like Greece's over the past 25.

Greece Rejects 25th Hour Request to Change Course

06-30-2015 • http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

Eurozone leaders are pouring it on thick again today with warning after warning.

'Hi, I'm Uncle Sam and I'm a War-oholic'

06-29-2015 • antiwar.com

It was the summer of 2002. The Bush administration's top officials knew that they were going into Iraq in a big way.

Puerto Rico's Governor Speaks Math: Debts Are 'Not Payable'

06-29-2015 • popularliberty.com

Puerto Rico's governor, saying he needs to pull the island out of a "death spiral," has concluded that the commonwealth cannot pay its roughly $72 billion in debts, an admission that will probably have wide-reaching financial repercussions.

Greece closes banks, imposes capital controls

06-29-2015 • http://rt.com

The Greek government has announced that banks will remain closed on Monday and restrictions on withdrawals will be introduced following the ECB refusal to provide additional Emergency Liquidity Assistance to Greece's banking system.