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Nov 22

US VULTURE SPECULATORS GUTTING WORLD…..

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This is one report out of many that shows vulture funds used to take advantage of poor nations and we pay. What about “vulture” funds to pick the nxt president? US vulture speculators, aware of housing bubble coming, selling homes to middle class before the burst, knowing that many foreclosures would be coming, and they are still buying and selling them at a tremendous gain? What about insider trading (illegal) where congresspersons made millions before other people could buy legally at a higher price? See links at end.~mackie

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 Reporter Greg Palast Exposes How US “Vulture” Funds Make Millions By Exploiting African Nations

Tuesday 22 November 2011 by: Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | News

 American “vulture” investors, including a top funder of the Republican Party, have demanded that African nations pay over half a billion dollars for old debts – for which the investors paid only a few million. One New York vulture speculator, Peter Grossman of FG Capital Management, is demanding $100 million from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Is he collecting a legitimate debt from the Congo — or is the vulture’s claim based on a stolen security? Greg Palast reports from the Congo, Bosnia and New York in the joint investigation by the BBC, the Guardian and Democracy Now!

To read and hear more click on:

 http://www.democracynow.org/2011/11/22/reporter_greg_palast_exposes_how_us

 http://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vulturefund.asp#axzz1eTi2wfB3

http://www.truth-out.org/uber-vultures-billionaires-who-would-pick-our-president/1317769580

 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×6353543

 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/business/22loans.html?ref=vulturefunds

Aug 07

SIX REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO SKIP GOP CONVENTION?

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Sens. Ted Stevens of Alaska, Gordon Smith of Oregon, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine all face tough re-election campaigns. Two others, Wayne Allard of Colorado and Larry Craig of Idaho, are retiring.

Granted, Ted Stevens will most likely be in court fighting to keep his butt out of jail, but it’s pretty obvious why Smith, Dole and Collins want to stay as far away as possible from George Bush and the rest of their party. Hell, Gordon Smith is even running ads in which he touts his relationship with Barack Obama. What does it say about the GOP when it’s most vulnerable members can’t get far enough away from its leaders?

Indeed, after President Bush decided not to call Congress back into session after the GOP charade over gas prices on the House floor, John Boehner is now ripping him as “Beijing George” and accusing him of throwing House Republicans “under the bone-dry bus” on his way to the Olympics in China. How stupid do these people think we are? They spend eight years enabling Bush’s worst transgressions, and then they coordinate a fake, stupid and cynical stunt and expect everyone to forget they are in lock-step with Bush? Seriously? Wow.

For the rest of the article click on:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/06/republicans-facing-tough-re-election-plan-to-skip-convention/

 

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Jul 29

McCAIN TO RAISE TAXES?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain‘s signal that he may be open to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, despite previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind, is drawing sharp rebukes from conservatives.

McCain’s shift has come in stages, catching some Republicans by surprise. Speaking with reporters on his campaign bus on July 9, he cited a need to shore up Social Security. “I cannot tell you what I would do, except to put everything on the table,” he said.

He went a step farther Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” in response to a question about payroll tax increases.

“There is nothing that’s off the table. I have my positions, and I’ll articulate them. But nothing’s off the table,” McCain said. “I don’t want tax increases. But that doesn’t mean that anything is off the table.”

That comment drew a strong response from the Club for Growth, a Washington anti-tax group. McCain’s comments, the group said in a letter to the Arizona senator, are “shocking because you have been adamant in your opposition to raising taxes under any circumstances.”

During a town-hall meeting in Sparks, Nev., McCain insisted anew Tuesday that he would not raise taxes if elected.

He frequently has promised not to raise taxes.

For the complete article click on: http://www.usatoday.com/

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