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Eine neue Schätzung geht von bis zu 6 Billionen US-Dollar aus, ein Hauptfaktor sind die medizinischen Kosten, die enorm anschwellen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38857/1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/04/01-2

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Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to cost each US household $75,000
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11438/



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Democracy vs. Dollarocracy
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/04/01

Youth Will Pay the Price of Austerity
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/04/04

Progressives Push Back Against Obama s Social Security, Medicare Austerity
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/06-0

Cut Social Security And Veterans' Benefits? Cut the Pentagon Instead
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/09-5

What About Medicare and Social Security?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/21-4

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Austerity Can Kill You, Literally

Julien Mercille, Truthout: A major new study published in the esteemed medical journal The Lancet makes clear that austerity policies adopted in Southern Europe have produced health care crises.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15469-austerity-can-kill-you-literally



Social Security Cuts: More Than Money at Stake

Ira Chernus, History News Network: The Obama administration threatens to cut social security benefits under the failed idea that the program is not as important today as it was under FDR.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15600-social-security-cuts-more-than-money-at-stake



The President Offers to Cut Social Security and Republicans Agree

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: Obama is engaging in a brand of ''bipartisanship'' we don t need. The president throws things on the table before the Republicans have even sat down for dinner.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15645-bi-partisanship-we-dont-need-the-president-offers-to-cut-social-security-and-republicans-agree



Europe s Leaders Disregard Anti-Austerity Logic

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: How can European policymakers ignore the key argument of their critics?

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15898-europes-leaders-disregard-anti-austerity-logic



Social Security s Explosive Injustices

Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: The proposed reduction from current levels in Social Security benefits comes on top of glaring decades-old abuse of the system. It remains to be seen whether cuts will be the spark that ignites widespread popular resistance.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16213-social-securitys-explosive-injustices

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Obama s Social Security Cuts Are Our Wake-Up Call

By Richard Eskow

How many more cuts can the American people stand?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34541.htm



Who Will Save Social Security And Medicare?

By Shamus Cooke

Before Social Security and Medicare existed, the elderly were either completely dependent on their children or were left to beg in the streets. These programs thus remain sacred to the vast majority of Americans. They allow the elderly dignity and independence instead of poverty and insecurity.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34542.htm



The Elephant in the Room: Militarism

By Jeff Cohen

Today there s an elephant in the room: a huge, yet ignored, issue that largely explains why Social Security is now on the chopping block. And why other industrialized countries have free college education and universal healthcare, but we don t.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34553.htm



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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/29/domestic-drones-unique-dangers

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What Religious Leaders Want to Tell Obama on Easter

Video

How can we hold our heads high when remote-controlled, killer aircraft are raining death and destruction on populations half a world away?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34469.htm



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By Kate Randall

Enrollment in the food stamp program has increased by 70 percent since 2008, to a record 47.8 million people as of December 2012.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34453.htm



US Households On Foodstamps Hit Record High

Record Dow, record S&P, record debt, record plunge in gold, and now: record US households on foodstamps.

http://is.gd/jriqd2



Record Number of Households on Food Stamps, 1 out of Every 5

The latest available data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that a record number 23 million households in the United States are now on food stamps.

http://is.gd/Dir31Q



Food Stamp Cuts Pursued By GOP, Despite Shrinking Deficit

The deficit-obsessed House GOP wanted a $16 billion cut to food assistance last year, when the deficit topped $1 trillion, and now wants a $20 billion cut this year, when the deficit is expected to be $642 billion. What gives?

http://is.gd/1Or8LW



The Republican plan to cut food stamps even more

Three weeks after the House killed a farm bill that included massive food stamp cuts, Republicans are reportedly considering rolling the cuts into a separate piece of legislation. If the plan works, then food stamp cuts may ultimately be even deeper than anticipated.

http://is.gd/5DTxMz



The big lie behind food stamps

Congress is currently busy arguing about cutting food stamps. The Paul Ryan budget would cut $33 Billion over 10 years. The theory is that programs like food stamps discourage work.

http://is.gd/t1zTJ0


From Information Clearing House

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SNAP Treason: House Republicans Take Aim at Food Stamps

Miguel Ferguson, Stacey Borasky and Scott Harding, Truthout: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (traditionally referred to as food stamps) is "a modern anti-poverty marvel" that also boosts local economies. House Republicans' stated goal of cutting $40 billion from the program must be stopped.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18590-snap-treason-house-republicans-take-aim-at-food-stamps



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Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service: According to a new report by a prominent Harvard University researcher, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost taxpayers between four and six trillion dollars, making them the most expensive conflicts in US history.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15422-report-iraq-afghanistan-wars-will-cost-us-4-6-trillion-dollars



Billions of US tax dollars potentially funding Afghan terrorism

The'''alarming'' findings were greeted with calls for urgent action to mend the weak links in US regulations.

http://rt.com/usa/terrorism-afghan-report-us-752/


From Information Clearing House

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The $6 trillion wars

The Nation
by Robert Dreyfuss

03/29/13

Your children, and your grandchildren, will be paying billions upon billions of dollars for George W. Bush s criminally misguided wars and for Barack Obama s ill-advised escalation of the war in Afghanistan, according to a new report. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost as much as $6 trillion when all is said and done, the report says...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/173589/6-trillion-wars


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://lewrockwell.com/salerno/salerno17.1.html

Flying High on Borrowed Wings
http://lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff214.html

Today, Cyprus, Tomorrow...
http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan305.html

Emulate Ron Paul
http://lewrockwell.com/rockwell/emulate-ron-paul210.html

Homeschooling: The Future of Liberty
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul855.html

Ron Paul Politico'd
http://lewrockwell.com/rockwell/ron-paul-politicod211.html

Your Money Isn t Yours
http://lewrockwell.com/nestmann/nestmann58.1.html

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The Great Cyprus Bank Robbery

By Ron Paul

The elites in the EU and IMF have openly talked about using Cyprus as a template for future bank bailouts. This raises the prospect of raids on bank accounts, pension funds, and any investments the government can get its hands on.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34486.htm



Bail-out Is Out, Bail-in Is In: Another Argument for Publicly-Owned Banks

By Ellen Brown

The crossing of the Rubicon into the confiscation of depositor funds was not a one-off emergency measure limited to Cyprus.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34773.htm



Oligarchs escape as Cyprus crisis hits middle class

Russian shopkeepers, small businesses and middle-class expats are among the victims of the island s financial meltdown.

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From Information Clearing House



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Corporate Power Has Seized the Internet

Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Blog: Solomon cautions Americans about the corporate power that has seized the Internet and how its antidemocratic grip is tightening every day.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15395-digital-grab-corporate-power-has-seized-the-internet



How Big Business Robs Us With ''Externalities''

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: It s time to stop letting corporations openly pollute our air, damage our ecosystems, and destroy our environment while you and I are forced to pick up the bill and deal with the asthmas and cancers.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15975-how-big-business-robs-us-with-externalities

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How Big Corporations Are Unpatriotic
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/28-11

The Corporate Betrayal of America
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/08-1

Avoiding Corporate Crime
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/11-8



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Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The majority of the rivers and streams in America are in ''poor'' or ''fair'' condition due to pollution and other factors, according to a national survey released this week by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15375-epa-survey-over-half-of-american-rivers-and-streams-are-in-poor-condition



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Initial jobless claims increase 16,000 to reach 357,000. Continued unemployment claims keep declining, but nearly 5.4 million Americans are still on state or federal unemployment rolls.

http://is.gd/kHOHTW



More Than 101 Million Working Age Americans Do Not Have A Job

Op-Ed

The jobs recovery is a complete and total myth. The percentage of the working age population in the United States that had a job in March 2013 was exactly the same as it was all the way back in March 2010.

http://is.gd/8Wx4vG



Forbes: Unemployment is really 14.3%, not 7.6%

One in seven of every potential full-time employee in the U.S. economy is not able to earn a proper living wage.

http://is.gd/Hw8fjB



The Two Faces of Class Struggle

The Motor Force for Historical Regression or Advance

By Prof. James Petras

Only action directed at mobilizing the unemployed to paralyze the circulation of goods and services; only collective action directed at preventing foreclosures of mortgage holding households; only demands for public works to provide jobs.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34577.htm



The Financial Press: A Disinformation Machine

By Paul Craig Roberts

Just as the government lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and is now repeating the lie about weapons of mass destruction in Syria, the government lies about jobs and the unemployment rate.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34847.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Where Have All the Workers Gone?
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan306.html

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Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/26-0



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