DefDog: Vanishing Middle Class – Lost 38% Wealth in 3 Years

Vanishing middle class….. Wealth of US families tumbles The wealth of American families plummeted by 38.8 per cent between 2007 and 2010, according to fresh data from the Federal Reserve, highlighting the deep damage inflicted by the housing crash, financial crisis and recession on the economic health of US households. According to the Fed’s survey …

Penguin: DEAR AMERICA You Should Be Mad As Hell About This [CHARTS]

DEAR AMERICA: You Should Be Mad As Hell About This [CHARTS] In November, Americans will have a chance to speak their minds. And there’s one thing everyone should agree on: America just isn’t working right now. It’s not just Americans who aren’t working. It’s America itself, a country whose economy once worked for almost everyone, …

2012 Reality Sandwich: How I Tested the Boundaries of the Two-Party Tyranny

How I Tested the Boundaries of the Two-Party Tyranny Robert David Steele Vivas Reality Sandwich, 24 May 2012 For six weeks in early 2012 I ran for the office of President of the United States of America.  I was accepted by the Reform Party (one of six accredited national parties completely shut out of the …

Josh Kilbourn: Unemployed College Graduates – Trending Ugly

The Benefits Of A College Education Tyler Durden ZeroHedge, 05/21/2012 … Are what again? As the following graphic from IBD demonstrates, for the first time in history, a majority of jobless workers over 25 have attended some college, and now outnumber those without a job who simply have a high school diploma or less. But …