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Breaking News: Wednesday March 10th, 2010

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War on the Middle Class

Chris Hedges: "Descent of American empire is about to get terrifying"

Kitco: Elite Master Class Ready to Pull Trigger on National Dictatorship

Naked Capitalism: "American economy is running on embalming fluid"

Washington Post: AIG Execs Caught on Tape Calling Americans Idiots

MyBudget360: Wall Street Sees Average Americans as "Street Booty"

The Atlantic: Permanent Job Losses Half of All Layoffs, a New Record

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Average Single Black Woman Worth Only $5

Forbes: U.S. Sales Tax Rates Reaching New Highs (As Much as 12.5%)

State and National Collapse:

Jim Hightower: How the Monsters at Goldman Sachs Collapsed Greece

Slate: Can State of California Declare Bankruptcy? What About Greece?

Charles Hugh Smith: Structural Reasons for California's Fiscal Collapse

Zero Hedge: NY State Budget in Death Spiral as Cash Flow Evaporates

Bloomberg: Biggest Financial Collapse Since '30s Crushing U.S. Cities

NY Times: State, City  Worker Pension Funds Add Risk to Raise Returns

Real Estate Collapse:

Yahoo: U.S. Taxpayers On Hook for $5 Billion in Fannie, Freddie Debt

San Francisco Chronicle: Strategic Defaults (Walk Aways) on the Rise

Business Week: Florida's Real Estate Muni Bonds Default Rate Skyhigh

Fort Meyers News Press: Sole Occupant of 32 Story Condo Wants Out

UK Guardian: Market Faces Lost Decade as Up Tick Runs Out of Steam

Crimes, Conspiracies, Corporate Criminality:

Alternet: How the War on Drugs Has Created a Permanent Undercaste

NY Times: New Detention Bill Says Military Can Detain U.S. Citizens

Gateway Pundit: New Obama Regulations Could Outlaw Sport Fishing

BBC: Fake Storefronts Erected to Sooth Consumers During Recession

Chicago Tribune: Citi Exposes 600,000 People's Soc. Security Numbers

Best of the LATOC Archives:

The Atlantic: Joblessness Radically Altering Young Americans' Psyches

Associated Press: Job Openings Plunged by 25% While Layoffs Soared

Business Week: Companies Now See Americans as Disposable Workers

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