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McFadden emphasized that he does not actually support Wheeler. "I think he’s pretty sketchy and probably morally bankrupt, but he’s a criminal mastermind," he said. "It’s pretty unbelievable and mind-boggling that he pulled this...
...common objection to the addition of personal retirement accounts to Social Security is that allowing Americans to invest and earn interest on part of their Social Security payments might have left many of the elderly bankrupt after the financial meltdown of 2008. However, despite the desire of some to strike fear into the hearts of retirees, a worker retiring today who had been allowed to begin investing his Social Security premiums when starting work 40 years ago would have accrued more money by now than is promised by Social Security...
...twisted tragedy of the morally bankrupt Vanger dynasty, a fallen and disgraced journalist, and a girl who has experienced every horror one could imagine is deeply engaging. Despite the slightly lacking plot development, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is a near triumph...
Last week, the Greek government announced a series of painful austerity measures aimed at tackling a budget crisis so serious, it once seemed like the entire country could go bankrupt. Likening the need to drastically increase tax revenues and cut spending to a "wartime situation," the Socialist Prime Minister, George Papandreou, promised to take whatever steps were necessary to ensure the economic viability of the state. On Thursday, the country got a taste of how painful the process will...
...industry is close to ruin because of $5 billion in unpaid government debts. A spokesman for the electricity industry syndicate claimed that up to 900,000 workers wholly reliant on Iran's energy and oil ministries were on the brink of unemployment and that numerous companies had already gone bankrupt. (See the top 10 symbols of protest...