Barely Half of Student Loans Are Being Repaid
• fee.orgDefaults Are Up, Again
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Sweden's Refugee 'Crisis' Has "Gone Past The Breaking Point"
• Zero HedgeSweden is too generous for its own good as the country most beloved by Bernie Sanders is pressured by huge migrant flows
Republicans Are The Big Spenders - Does Anybody Care? by Ron Paul
• Ron Paul Liberty ReportWashington is at "war" over the budget again. "Conservative" Speaker Paul Ryan is out with a big-spending $1.07 trillion budget and the "budget hawk" House Freedom Caucus wants to cut $30 billion. So much ado about so little. Another budget, another
Foreign governments dump U.S. debt at record rate
• cnn.comIn a bid to raise cash, foreign central banks and government institutions sold $57.2 billion of U.S. Treasury debt and other notes in January, according to figures released on Tuesday.
The Pentagon's secret foreign aid budget
• politico.comThe U.S. sends billions to foreign militaries each year. What do we have to show for it?
Unlimited Student Loans Take the Lid Off Tuition Prices
• fee.orgThe Negatives of PLUS Loans
The Financial System Is A Larger Threat Than Terrorism
• paulcraigroberts.orgIn the 21st century Americans have been distracted by the hyper-expensive "war on terror."
The Tragedy Of California's Public Pensions
• zerohedge.comIt is well known that California has a pension problem that offers a challenge for public officials and current and future retirees alike.
Migrants in Greece to be handed cash in envelopes --
• dailymail.co.uk--to 'maintain their dignity' under £550million EU disaster fund
Venezuela is about to revolutionize gold mining
• Business InsiderBack from a week in the wilds of Myanmar -- more on that in Prime Meridians this coming weekend -- to find a lot of action happening globally in both energy and mining.
The Ontario Government Is Investigating Giving Everyone Free Money
• motherboard.vice.comThe idea of a basic income for everyone, provided by the government regardless of employment status, is coming back to Canada for the first time since Pierre Elliott Trudeau was in power.
Deepening default fears cast shadow over Venezuela's oil flows
• http://news.yahoo.com, By Marianna ParragaAs Venezuela grows closer to exhausting nearly every means of paying its debt, some oil market participants are seriously pondering the possible implications of an unprecedented event: the default of a major crude producing company.
BREAKING: US government releases its 2015 financial statements
• sovereignman.comHot off the presses, the US government just published its audited financial statements this morning, signed and sealed by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.
Detroit Teachers Face "Payless Paydays" As Dilapidated School District Faces Financial Rec
• zerohedge.comWhen last we looked at the effect America's multiple state and local government fiscal crises are having on the country's school systems, we noted that budget drama across both Illinois and Pennsylvania threatened to force layoffs and class cance
The middle class wants more government help
• cnn.comHey federal government! The middle class would like some help, too.
Illinois can't pass a budget and the most vulnerable are getting hurt
• cnn.comIllinois has gone seven months without a budget, and it's having an immediate impact on the state's most vulnerable.
Chicago on Brink of Bond Market Shutoff: Tax-Exempt Yield Hits Stunning 8.50%
• http://mishtalk.com, mishgeaThe Chicago Board of Education is on the verge of a bond market shutoff.
Infographic visualizing America's new $19 trillion debt
• sovereignman.comIn case you missed it, yesterday we alerted you that the United States government has now officially accumulated $19 trillion in debt.
Pentagon to Use ISIS War to Push for Bigger Budget
• AntiWar.comWants More Money for Overseas Contingency Operations
Congress Quietly Kills Ban On Funding Neo-Nazis In Ukraine
• shadowproof.comU.S. policymakers have been in a precarious position since backing the coup that overthrew Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014.
The U.S. Government Is Betting $28 Million That We Can Replicate The Brain
• popsci.comThe great reverse engineering expedition
The Self-Serving Apologists For Student Debt-Serfdom
• zerohedge.comMankiw's claim that college costs are the inevitable result of Baumol's Disease is pure self-serving rubbish.
Former Hasbro CEO Says "Providence Should Consider Bankruptcy"; An Option Chicago Needs
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comProvidence, the capital of Rhode Island, is in such bad financial straits that Former Hasbro CEO Alan Hassenfeld has this scary message for state officials Providence Should Consider Bankruptcy.
Obama and Ryan, Long at Odds, Said to Meet as Soon as Next Week
• Margaret Talev, Angela Greiling KeanePresident Barack Obama and House Speaker Paul Ryan may sit down together at the White House for a long-anticipated meeting as soon as next week, a person familiar with their plans said.
The Pentagon's $90 Billion Black Hole--
• davidstockmanscontracorner.com-The Endless Failure To Train And Equip The Iraqi And Afghan Military Forces
"Most Of Us Ended Up At Office Depot":
• Zero HedgeThousands Of Angry Students "Flood" Government With Demands For Debt Relief
Puerto Rico 'in midst of economic collapse'
• http://news.yahoo.com, afpPuerto Rico's economy is collapsing, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Friday as he announced a visit to the US territory two weeks after its debt default.
New Gallup Poll – Americans Consider Government A Much Bigger Problem Than Guns
• Zero HedgeU.S. President Barack Obama is not just the world's best gun salesman, he's also the world's worst gun control spokesperson.
Subsidizing Debt - A Crime Of The Central Planners by Ron Paul
• Ron Paul Liberty ReportIf you subsidize something, you get more of it. Including debt and "free" money. Including the military-industrial complex. Including illegal immigration. And so on. Government subsidies are the prime tools of the central planners.
"The Wicked Russians are Coming"
• LewRockwellA striking example of how dangerously Americans are misinformed and misled by the war party was featured in a major article on 24 December, New York Times.
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