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photo: Álvaro Garcia (El Pais) Tens of thousands gather at the plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain Workers and the unemployed alike coordinated a multi-national protest on November 14th spanning Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy, Belgium, and France. Several smaller demonstrations took place in Germany, Denmark, and Britain. The Guardian estimated
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credit: Center for American Progress On January 31, 2001 the Congressional Budget Office released an economic outlook report projecting a surplus of $5.9 trillion into 2011. “In the absence of significant legislative changes and assuming that the economy follows the path described in the report, CBO projects that the
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Photo: Stefan Wernli As lawmakers scramble to close the budget gap before January 1, the prospect of instituting a carbon tax has reemerged. It has encountered fierce criticism from organizations like the Institute for Energy Research, a think tank dedicated to free market energy policy, but proponents laud the revenue
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Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement have started a fundraising campaign called 'The People's Bailout,' which aims to forgive consumer debt by buying it up. The kick-off event, named ‘Rolling Jubilee,’ is a debt forgiveness campaign organized by Strike Debt and has already proven the
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Now that Barack Obama has secured another four years in the White House, the nation's eyes are turning to the Judicial branch. The president is allowed to appoint justices to the Supreme Court in the event of a vacancy through retirement, or otherwise. The 9-member court interprets and
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The International Energy Agency released its World Energy Outlook 2012 report today finding, "By around 2020, the United States is projected to become the largest global oil producer (overtaking Saudi Arabia until the mid-2020's) and starts to see the impact of new fuel-efficiency measures in transport. The
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Four years after the federal home loan agency, Freddie Mac, began receiving $72.2 billion in bailouts from the American government, it posted $2.9 billion in profits for the third 2012 quarter. Although revenues are down from Q2 the report explains: "The increase in comprehensive income for the
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credit: Reuters Following Obama’s re-election on Tuesday, the Dow Jones dropped 3.3%, the largest two-session loss this year. Whether or not stock traders would have reacted similarly to a Romney victory is unknowable. What has been the prevailing notion of many in the financial industry, however, is a
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Photo: J. Scott Applewhite On Wednesday, Majority leader in the House, John Boehner (R-Ohio), held a press conference where he remarked that House Republicans were ready and willing to work with the president to tackle the ominous fiscal cliff problem. Republicans have been unwavering in their opposition to allowing tax
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European Parliament After millions of Americans headed to the polls and voted for the next President of the United States and their local representatives its important to take a step back and look at how the national election process is structured and how that impacts not just who appears on
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Proposition 31 failed with only 40% of the vote with 76% of precincts reporting. Should Prop 31 had passed the state would have needed to implement sweeping new provisions, one of the largest overhauls of California's government in recent memory. Proposition 31 would have: * Established a two year
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Joe Coto (left) and Jim Beall Jr. (right) Jim Beall wins California District 15 with over 57% percent of the vote with 100% of precincts reporting. Joe Coto collected 42% percent of the vote. California Senate District 15 featured James Beall Jr. (D) and Joe Coto (D). At 1:30