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		<title>LESSONS FROM THE JAPANESE: TIME TO REPLACE SOVEREIGN DEBT WITH SOVEREIGN CREDIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miners used to keep canaries in coal mines as an early warning device. If the air was so bad that it killed the canary, the miners would soon be next. Japan may be the canary for the out-of-control deficit spending policies now being pursued in the United States and the United Kingdom
Read more here -
http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/lesson_japanese.php
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		<title>A LITTLE POPULIST RETRIBUTION: MAKING WALL STREET PAY ITS FAIR SHARE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street&#8217;s speculative traders have managed to trade in practically the only products left on the planet that are not subject to a sales tax. The fact that trades in “financial products” remain untaxed suggests a tidy way the public could recover some of its bailout money.
Read more here -
http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/populist_retribution.php
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		<title>Tax the Traders! Make Wall Street Pay Its Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street bankers have been called today&#8217;s &#8220;welfare queens,&#8221; feeding at the public trough to the tune of trillions of dollars. They are taking from the taxpayers and not giving back. These banks were rescued so they could make loans, take deposits, and keep our money safe. But while that is what banks used to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webofdebt.wordpress.com&blog=1121595&post=540&subd=webofdebt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Max Keiser interview</title>
		<link>http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/max-keiser-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Max Keiser interviewed me, posted yesterday. If you feel like making a comment, it&#8217;s here (with video).  If you want to hear more audio interviews, they&#8217;re posted here. 
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		<title>CUT WALL STREET OUT! HOW STATES CAN FINANCE THEIR OWN RECOVERY</title>
		<link>http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/cut-wall-street-out-how-states-can-finance-their-own-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pouring money into the private banking system has only fixed the economy for bankers and the wealthy; it has not done much to address either the fundamental problem of unemployment or the debt trap so many Americans find themselves in. 
Read more here-
http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/cut-wallstreet.php
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		<title>Michael Moore promotes state-owned banks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Moore just came out with
&#8220;Michael Moore&#8217;s Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now,&#8221; which lists as #4:
&#8220;Each of the 50 states must create a state-owned public bank like they have in North Dakota.&#8221;
It&#8217;s currently on the front page of Reddit (one of the world&#8217;s most popular websites). 
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		<title>REVIVING THE LOCAL ECONOMY WITH PUBLICLY-OWNED BANKS</title>
		<link>http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/reviving-the-local-economy-with-publicly-owned-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The credit crunch is getting worse on Main Street, despite a Wall Street bailout now in the trillions of dollars. The Fed may have played all its cards, but state and local governments still hold a few aces. Some local politicians are looking into the feasibility of opening their own publicly-owned banks, providing them with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webofdebt.wordpress.com&blog=1121595&post=507&subd=webofdebt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Bell posts</title>
		<link>http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/daily-bell-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Bell, a Swiss journal in the hard-money camp, interviewed me (here) , then had Larry Parks respond (here).  Now they&#8217;ve critiqued my latest article, on the IMF (here).  They&#8217;re not budging from their hard-money position, but they are so diplomatic!  They say, &#8220;we will comment on it and hope that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webofdebt.wordpress.com&blog=1121595&post=487&subd=webofdebt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legal relief for distressed homeowners</title>
		<link>http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/legal-relief-for-distressed-homeowners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people have written asking for help with their foreclosures, following several articles I wrote on that subject. I&#8217;m not actively practicing law now, just writing, so I thought I would suggest some alternatives here.  For legal help, you could try these websites &#8211;
http://livinglies.wordpress.com/in-trouble-right-now-press-here/lawyers-who-get-it-work-in-progress/
http://www.succeedwithloanmods.com/
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		<title>THE IMF CATAPULTS FROM SHUNNED AGENCY TO GLOBAL CENTRAL BANK</title>
		<link>http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-imf-catapults-from-shunned-agency-to-global-central-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“A year ago,” said law professor Ross Buckley on Australia’s ABC News last week, “nobody wanted to know the International Monetary Fund. Now it’s the organiser for the international stimulus package which has been sold as a stimulus package for poor countries.”
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