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		<title>By: Amercan111</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amercan111]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;d like Mr. Obama to explain to me as a nursing student and nurse&#039;s aide--caring for OTHERS--I cannot now even afford MY OWN health care. Ironic, huh???]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d like Mr. Obama to explain to me as a nursing student and nurse&#8217;s aide&#8211;caring for OTHERS&#8211;I cannot now even afford MY OWN health care. Ironic, huh???</p>
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		<title>By: Mikyla</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikyla]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those first hand accounts are sobering. This is a great blog, it&#039;s very informational.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those first hand accounts are sobering. This is a great blog, it&#8217;s very informational.</p>
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		<title>By: cat402</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cat402]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasha Tchin - BINGO!!!! I think you hit the nail on the head.
I am working a full time 3rd shift job so that I can afford to pay the necessary bills and then I work independently as a web designer to try and save money for retirement/vacations/unexpected expenses and bills.
There is no way I could afford to work just one full time job anymore. The wages have diminshed and the cost of living has increased to the point of no return! 
If we are going to turn things around for the American people than we need to end the free trade agreement and start manufacturing more goods right here at home. We&#039;re already feeling the tightness of the noose with the cost of living escalating out of control so it won&#039;t be that much of an impact when we have to spend more money on products made in
the USA! 
Whatever happened to those labels that read MADE IN THE USA?????]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tasha Tchin &#8211; BINGO!!!! I think you hit the nail on the head.<br />
I am working a full time 3rd shift job so that I can afford to pay the necessary bills and then I work independently as a web designer to try and save money for retirement/vacations/unexpected expenses and bills.<br />
There is no way I could afford to work just one full time job anymore. The wages have diminshed and the cost of living has increased to the point of no return!<br />
If we are going to turn things around for the American people than we need to end the free trade agreement and start manufacturing more goods right here at home. We&#8217;re already feeling the tightness of the noose with the cost of living escalating out of control so it won&#8217;t be that much of an impact when we have to spend more money on products made in<br />
the USA!<br />
Whatever happened to those labels that read MADE IN THE USA?????</p>
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		<title>By: CitizenKate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CitizenKate]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone once said, it isn&#039;t the color of a man&#039;s skin that matters, but the content of his character. Values and behavior demonstrate a person&#039;s character. I love Mr. Obama but he is, quite frankly, an empty suit. He is indefensible because there is nothing there to defend. The international banking cartel is running this country and he is just a puppet. I&#039;m not saying that&#039;s good or bad; it&#039;s just a fact of life. It is time to loosen our hands and let go of the false paradigm of Left versus Right, or Democrat versus Republican. Those are false and they just work to distract us from the real issues.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As someone once said, it isn&#8217;t the color of a man&#8217;s skin that matters, but the content of his character. Values and behavior demonstrate a person&#8217;s character. I love Mr. Obama but he is, quite frankly, an empty suit. He is indefensible because there is nothing there to defend. The international banking cartel is running this country and he is just a puppet. I&#8217;m not saying that&#8217;s good or bad; it&#8217;s just a fact of life. It is time to loosen our hands and let go of the false paradigm of Left versus Right, or Democrat versus Republican. Those are false and they just work to distract us from the real issues.</p>
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		<title>By: Shana</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is all a crock of BS.  President Obama DID NOT CREATE THIS MESS yet every single one of you act like he did.  I didn&#039;t hear you complaining when Bill Clinton aided and abetted republicans by signing NAFTA and repealing the bank regulations that helped to cause the meltdown overseen by George W. Bush.  I didn&#039;t hear you complaining about all the vacations George W. Bush took during his tenure.  I still have yet to hear anybody in the media or Democrats in congress CALL OUT the republicans for what they have done and continue to do to this country.  Oh, if you are black, then you know darn well the RULES of the privileged white folks are different for you.  Same thing you are doing to President Obama.  Certainly he has not been perfect but my goodness you worship at the feet of Bill Clinton and he did more to appease republicans and hurt black folks than Obama can ever hope to do.

I am so sick of the double standard for this president.  I am so sick of people acting like he is the cure all for our woes while allowing the republicans to outright lie in our faces and nobody says a darn thing.

President Obama is not your enemy...you&#039;d better look at the republican party especially right here in Florida and see who is doing you in.  Democrats need to come together instead of attacking each other.  That is how the sleazy republicans got back in control in the House and this state.  Because of lazy Democrats we now have a certified fraud running the government he defrauded.  My, my, my ain&#039;t that wonderful America...only in freaking America.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is all a crock of BS.  President Obama DID NOT CREATE THIS MESS yet every single one of you act like he did.  I didn&#8217;t hear you complaining when Bill Clinton aided and abetted republicans by signing NAFTA and repealing the bank regulations that helped to cause the meltdown overseen by George W. Bush.  I didn&#8217;t hear you complaining about all the vacations George W. Bush took during his tenure.  I still have yet to hear anybody in the media or Democrats in congress CALL OUT the republicans for what they have done and continue to do to this country.  Oh, if you are black, then you know darn well the RULES of the privileged white folks are different for you.  Same thing you are doing to President Obama.  Certainly he has not been perfect but my goodness you worship at the feet of Bill Clinton and he did more to appease republicans and hurt black folks than Obama can ever hope to do.</p>
<p>I am so sick of the double standard for this president.  I am so sick of people acting like he is the cure all for our woes while allowing the republicans to outright lie in our faces and nobody says a darn thing.</p>
<p>President Obama is not your enemy&#8230;you&#8217;d better look at the republican party especially right here in Florida and see who is doing you in.  Democrats need to come together instead of attacking each other.  That is how the sleazy republicans got back in control in the House and this state.  Because of lazy Democrats we now have a certified fraud running the government he defrauded.  My, my, my ain&#8217;t that wonderful America&#8230;only in freaking America.</p>
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		<title>By: moe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[moe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[hey,

forget you old people who did not make money enough money when anyone could make money, i am 22 years old graduated from college last spring as a teacher no job, i am working at 7/11 for 8.50 per hour i also tutor kids, i blame my parent for not making millions and setting up me and my sister, my best friend his dad is a lobbiest he just got a degree in communications and is working with his dad and i know he is making good money, I blame my parents not me, the rich are inheariting tons of money, and the government is proping up the stock market to keep the rich from pulling there money out of the market. I won&#039;t be one of them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey,</p>
<p>forget you old people who did not make money enough money when anyone could make money, i am 22 years old graduated from college last spring as a teacher no job, i am working at 7/11 for 8.50 per hour i also tutor kids, i blame my parent for not making millions and setting up me and my sister, my best friend his dad is a lobbiest he just got a degree in communications and is working with his dad and i know he is making good money, I blame my parents not me, the rich are inheariting tons of money, and the government is proping up the stock market to keep the rich from pulling there money out of the market. I won&#8217;t be one of them.</p>
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		<title>By: In The Middle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[In The Middle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European American:

For Horus&#039;s sake, you are so fantastic.  If we could all be like you, but alas, just take your little tid bit of advice and move on to your off the grid location and we&#039;ll all be saved.

May you run for the American Presidency in 2012?  Pity, you may be of European descent.  Oh well, well figure it out on our own, thank you very much.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>European American:</p>
<p>For Horus&#8217;s sake, you are so fantastic.  If we could all be like you, but alas, just take your little tid bit of advice and move on to your off the grid location and we&#8217;ll all be saved.</p>
<p>May you run for the American Presidency in 2012?  Pity, you may be of European descent.  Oh well, well figure it out on our own, thank you very much.</p>
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		<title>By: Sebastian</title>
		<link>http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/as-the-obamas-and-the-wealthy-live-the-high-life-most-americans-are-going-through-economic-hell#comment-28753</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would he  everybody knows they exist...they are not a special class of people.  all you need to know about the poor is that you don&#039;t want to be one.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would he  everybody knows they exist&#8230;they are not a special class of people.  all you need to know about the poor is that you don&#8217;t want to be one.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny how Obama never mentions the Poor.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funny how Obama never mentions the Poor.</p>
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		<title>By: CitizenKate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CitizenKate]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think debt and taxes are the primary obstacles to being able to afford the basics of self-care for many struggling families.

The entrenched nobility are supported with borrowed money. The global murder campaigns are carried out with borrowed money. At a 100% income tax rate the US would still be in debt up to its eyeballs. It is bankrupt and has to borrow just to afford the interest payments on what it owes already. This insolvency cannot be remedied and the regime is doomed. In the meantime, they will either inflate, or default. The current trend is to inflate. This is resulting in skyrocketing food and fuel prices all over the planet due to the devalued US Dollar&#039;s current (and doomed) status as the world&#039;s reserve currency.

To tax everything and everybody breathless is going to be one &quot;solution&quot; brought into play but income taxes won&#039;t take care of it --no amount of taxation ever could. We will be seeing onerous and rising consumption taxes; higher and higher sales tax rates, escalating property tax rates, including new or increased taxes and fees on not real estate, but assets such as cars, refrigerators, etc. 

Punitive fines will increase. For examples, refer to the revenue-enhancement schemes being enacted in some places, such as the UK (and probably California) where you can be slapped with a heavy fine for putting something in the wrong recycle bin. There are even fines for driving, not over the speed limit, but too far under the limit even though no minimum speed is posted. If you think it can&#039;t happen here, wait.

The more the people develop work-arounds to be able to afford shelter, water, and food, the more the entrenched nobility will attempt to burden them. People are already voting with their feet and getting away with their families into areas with fewer services and less onerous tax rates but the plague is spreading.

Every time I see the emperor cavorting at some rich man&#039;s playground with that goofy grin on his face, it sort of makes me sick.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think debt and taxes are the primary obstacles to being able to afford the basics of self-care for many struggling families.</p>
<p>The entrenched nobility are supported with borrowed money. The global murder campaigns are carried out with borrowed money. At a 100% income tax rate the US would still be in debt up to its eyeballs. It is bankrupt and has to borrow just to afford the interest payments on what it owes already. This insolvency cannot be remedied and the regime is doomed. In the meantime, they will either inflate, or default. The current trend is to inflate. This is resulting in skyrocketing food and fuel prices all over the planet due to the devalued US Dollar&#8217;s current (and doomed) status as the world&#8217;s reserve currency.</p>
<p>To tax everything and everybody breathless is going to be one &#8220;solution&#8221; brought into play but income taxes won&#8217;t take care of it &#8211;no amount of taxation ever could. We will be seeing onerous and rising consumption taxes; higher and higher sales tax rates, escalating property tax rates, including new or increased taxes and fees on not real estate, but assets such as cars, refrigerators, etc. </p>
<p>Punitive fines will increase. For examples, refer to the revenue-enhancement schemes being enacted in some places, such as the UK (and probably California) where you can be slapped with a heavy fine for putting something in the wrong recycle bin. There are even fines for driving, not over the speed limit, but too far under the limit even though no minimum speed is posted. If you think it can&#8217;t happen here, wait.</p>
<p>The more the people develop work-arounds to be able to afford shelter, water, and food, the more the entrenched nobility will attempt to burden them. People are already voting with their feet and getting away with their families into areas with fewer services and less onerous tax rates but the plague is spreading.</p>
<p>Every time I see the emperor cavorting at some rich man&#8217;s playground with that goofy grin on his face, it sort of makes me sick.</p>
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