Oakland saw 300 people arrested on Saturday Jan 28 2011. If 300 people are arrested in America, there is something terribly wrong with the society. Its a big thing for the US demonstrations compared to other countries. It does not happens every day or every decade. This kind of violence and mayhem is unseen and unfamiliar for most Americans in this country.

The very fiber of American society is broken up after 5 brutal years of a hard economic times and the policies that have failed, along with  a rampant financial crisis solely created by a handful of people on Wall Street under the basic human elements of greed and avarice in a  direct  man made assault on our economic system.

Oakland , California is the epicenter of the West Coast economic hard times. An

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The news is full of stories of famous people behaving badly, especially in financial matters. How else would you have actors and former sports players filing for bankruptcy and putting their homes into foreclosure? Well, Zooey Deschanel can teach all those financially-free-wheeling stars a thing or two! The actress in “New Girl” and “500 Days of Summer” apparently revealed her earnings and spending patterns in a divorce filling – showing the world that she’s a responsible spender and saver.

According to information leaked to TMZ, Zooey makes $95,000 a month (or close to $1.2million a year).  But her expenses only average $22,500 per month, less than 25% of her gross income. Some of the expenditures included in that figure are her clothing at $2,000 a month, eating out and groceries at $1,500 a month, and $600 in laundry and cleaning. Plus, Zooey also donates $1,500 a month to charity. Thanks to he

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If you decide to get one of the best balance transfer credit cards, then you probably have some high interest debt you want to consolidate on a single card with low introductory interest rates.

Interest payments that have spun out of control can affect people for years when they try to get them under control. Often, interest payments are much more than the original debt, and this is a vicious circle of debt.

If you are in real financial difficulty, try balance transfer credit cards designed to provide a zero interest rate for a limited period of time usually 6 or 12 months during which there will be no additional interest incurred. Read more…

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As indicators stack up showing the gap between Canada’s rich and poor continues to widen, the Conference Board of Canada is calling for a renewed look at the idea of a guaranteed annual income (GAI).

A concept that is floated from time to time by advocates on both sides of the political spectrum, a GAI would provide a minimum level of income for every individual or family, with dollars earned above the GAI taxed at a relatively low marginal rate.

The idea has been touted by advocates for social justice but one of its best-known champions in North America was Milton Friedman, the free-market economist who saw the negative income tax as a means of reducing the role of government.

In a commentary published Dec. 15

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