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As the US economic stimulus package finally leaves the starting gate, both the Obama Administration and the media are speaking more openly about a stark reality: the global economic crisis is deep, severe, and will last more than a few years. Read more…

(February 24, 2009 – Washington, DC)  Meeting in Washington, DC, the board of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) adopted resolutions supporting measures to sustain the credit union system; enhance the viability and capacity of low-income credit unions; and aid low- and moderate-income families hard hit by …

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Here is a proposal to unite the nation in constructive action, not merely in traditional post-election platitudes.  It offers a strategy that is neither left nor right nor compromise. 

by Ellen Brown www.opednews.com Attorney Ellen H. Brown  has the very best way to fund Obama’s stimulus plan in this brilliant article. Moody’s credit rating agency is warning that the U.S. government’s AAA credit rating is at risk, because it has taken on so much debt that there are few …

The Capital Homestead Act is a comprehensive national economic strategy for empowering every American citizen, including the poorest of the poor, with the means to acquire, control and enjoy the fruits of productive corporate assets. Read more…