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Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars video

Be thankful for what you have. If the video doesn’t load, here is the direct link: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7389750n

(CBS News) Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars
More than 16 million children are now living in poverty and, for many of them, a proper home is elusive. Some cash-strapped families stay with relatives; others move into motels [...]

Reprieve on bank foreclosures

There was a good article in the NY Times about Reprieve on Foreclosures caused by the backlog. According to the article there are about 2 million foreclosures nationally and 2 million more in the pipeline. I think that number is conservative.
Due to the large swelling numbers, the average time of the [...]

CA Governor Jerry Brown vetoes state budget, Greece, and American tent cities + homelessness

There are only 2 things you can do to balance the budget: raise revenues (taxes) or cut spending. I agree with the statements Governor Brown makes in his video, and basically every state and the federal government will have to do the same thing to avoid bigger problems down the road. Some experts have [...]

Poverty in America

I recently watched the movie “Waiting for Superman” documentary and highly recommend it. Especially in these tough times where we see unions protesting about losing benefits and fighting for teacher rights. I grew up in the American public school system and my personal experience is that most teachers suck and they are simply [...]