Fitter Minds » benefits http://fitterminds.com Because a healthy opinion keeps the mind in shape Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is Sovereign Debt Crisis Contained to Subprime? http://fitterminds.com/is-sovereign-debt-crisis-contained-to-subprime.html http://fitterminds.com/is-sovereign-debt-crisis-contained-to-subprime.html#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 11:52:00 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/is-sovereign-debt-crisis-contained-to-subprime.html Peter Schiff Campaign For Liberty May 8, 2010 As Americans observe the chaos in Greece, most assume that the strength of our currency, the credit worthiness of our government, and the vast expanse of two oceans, will prevent a similar scene from playing out in our streets. I believe these protections to be illusory.

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]]> http://fitterminds.com/is-sovereign-debt-crisis-contained-to-subprime.html/feed/ 0 Pension Pains: States Cut Benefits to Skirt Massive Funding Shortfall http://fitterminds.com/pension-pains-states-cut-benefits-to-skirt-massive-funding-shortfall.html http://fitterminds.com/pension-pains-states-cut-benefits-to-skirt-massive-funding-shortfall.html#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:35:39 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/pension-pains-states-cut-benefits-to-skirt-massive-funding-shortfall.html DALIA FAHMY ABC News April 26, 2010 Dan Montgomery doesn’t have many kind words for his elected officials. The high school English teacher from Skokie says Illinois politicians spent years neglecting their obligations to the state’s public pension funds and now want workers to foot the bill. “It’s terrible,” said Montgomery, who has been teaching for 17 years

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]]> http://fitterminds.com/pension-pains-states-cut-benefits-to-skirt-massive-funding-shortfall.html/feed/ 0 The Big Six banks are shorting the American Dream http://fitterminds.com/the-big-six-banks-are-shorting-the-american-dream.html http://fitterminds.com/the-big-six-banks-are-shorting-the-american-dream.html#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:26:44 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/the-big-six-banks-are-shorting-the-american-dream.html Jerry Mazza Online Journal April 26, 2010 The Big Six investment banks, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, are “shorting the American Dream,” according to economist Simon Johnson and entrepreneur James Kwak in an interview on April 16, “Financial Regulation and Regulatory Capture” on Bill Moyers Journal . Here’s a summary of the big and important ideas and issues on the table. First, Simon Johnson is a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, now teaching at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

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]]> http://fitterminds.com/the-big-six-banks-are-shorting-the-american-dream.html/feed/ 0 Unfunded Benefits Dig States’ $3 Trillion Hole: Orin S. Kramer http://fitterminds.com/unfunded-benefits-dig-states%e2%80%99-3-trillion-hole-orin-s-kramer.html http://fitterminds.com/unfunded-benefits-dig-states%e2%80%99-3-trillion-hole-orin-s-kramer.html#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:09:51 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/unfunded-benefits-dig-states%e2%80%99-3-trillion-hole-orin-s-kramer.html Orin S. Kramer Bloomberg Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Everyone seems to know the current path of federal fiscal policy is a deathtrap over the long term

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