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    The Debtor Strikes Back

    MAY 2, 2012 2:41PM

    By Joe MIrsky


    Topics: banks, credit cards, debt

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    • 288 Views
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    "Keep Calm and Carry On"

    FEBRUARY 19, 2012 7:59AM

    By Julie White


    Topics: credit cards, bills, cash flow, bankruptcy

    • 6 Ratings
    • 469 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Getting Fleeced: Part 2

    JANUARY 6, 2012 10:23AM

    By sagemerlin


    Topics: tea party, occupy, interest rates, credit cards, taxes, banking

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 959 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Stiffing the Hospital

    OCTOBER 22, 2011 8:37PM

    By Julie White


    Topics: bankruptcy, cancer, medical costs, insurance, credit cards, memoir

    • 0 Ratings
    • 328 Views
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    GE Capital - Illegal Billing Practices (My Letter to GE)

    OCTOBER 19, 2011 2:17AM

    By Megan Corse


    Topics: occupy wallstreet, ge money, ge capital, care credit, bank, usury, credit cards, democracy now, free press, open+call, email, illegal, billing, statements

    • 3 Ratings
    • 477 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    When Wall Street Hit Home

    OCTOBER 18, 2011 5:01PM

    By Joan E. Kaufman


    Topics: bank failure, foreclosure, american dream, home ownership, credit cards, mortgage, aig, goldman sachs, wall street, job creators, open call, occupy america

    • 0 Ratings
    • 411 Views
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    Layaway the Credit - in Response to Louis Hyman

    OCTOBER 13, 2011 8:13PM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: layaway, kmart, walmart, corporate stores, banks, chain stores, store credit, health costs, health, health care, pre-existing condition, reagan era, credit cards, credit, credit problems, credit principle, credit interest, compound interest, monthly payments, monthly minimums, minimum credit payments, christmas gifts, christmas, school, school items, going back to school, chicago, chicago in the 80s, chicago area, chicagoland, bankruptcy, foreclosure, family home, family house, medical expenses, credit problems, too many credit cards, long-term debt, short-term debt, purchase, saving money to purchase

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    • 263 Views
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    Credit Card 101: Part 2—One Born Every Minute

    AUGUST 30, 2011 9:43PM

    By Julie White


    Topics: health, business, economy, cancer, bankruptcy, credit cards

    • 2 Ratings
    • 207 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Credit 101, Part 1

    AUGUST 25, 2011 9:10PM

    By Julie White


    Topics: bankruptcy, credit cards, shopping, cancer, economy, business, health

    • 0 Ratings
    • 280 Views
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    Savoring Meditation #163: A Brand New Economic System

    AUGUST 10, 2011 10:51PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: belief/religion, books, business, economy, robert reich, bill clinton, communism, year of jubilee, old testament, israelites, life support, token gifts, equality, global population and wealth, poor, rich, credit cards, naive, maxedenvironment, monopoly health, wikipedia, mns money central, news, open+call, photography, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 153 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Anniversary Waltz

    AUGUST 4, 2011 7:29PM

    By Julie White


    Topics: economy, bankruptcy, credit cards

    • 0 Ratings
    • 207 Views
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    Fanboy

    APRIL 29, 2011 5:13AM

    By Jonathon Jones


    Topics: government, fema, katrina, natural disaster, pollution, radioactivity, renewable energy, video games, fukushima, japan, microsoft, nintendo, fanboy, open call, saved by pop culture, japan, canada, television, media, science, technology, radiation, grand theft auto, belief/religion, business, economy, environment, health, politics, credit cards, identity theft, hacking, on-line gaming, mmos, internet gaming, social media, miyagi, sendai, tohoku, kanto, tokyo, pop culture, lingo, language, english, japanese, canadian, american, blogs, blogging, fanboyism, news, gossip, crime

    • 0 Ratings
    • 146 Views
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    Short Story: "Signing Statement" (11th in a series)

    MARCH 31, 2011 11:43AM

    By P. Orin Zack


    Topics: fiction, short stories, bankruptcy, calculated risk, collection agencies, corporate incarceration, corporate rights, credit cards, fremont-wayfarer, fw diner, psychological warfare, social engineering

    • 51 Ratings
    • 1117 Views
    • 76 Comments
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    What's in Your Wallet? The Sequel! Purses and Other Horrors

    MARCH 22, 2011 10:48AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: news, open+call, bring it on ladies, the carpentersmwhat's in your wallet, grace kelly, kelly bag, black hole, gwen stefani, youtube, james brown, video, youtube, blogger, vintage purses, mrs. ochmonek, gay pride, j.t. leroy, thrift stores, flea market, glueten free, address book, charm bracelets, mac makeup, mac, seniors with std's, condoms, tampax, short shorts, blog, betsey johnson, burts bees beeswax, betsey johnson, lost keys, lost, new moon, eclipse, twilight, true blood, hand sanitizers, fingerless gloves, harajuku girls, harajuku, bucket bag, handbags, purses, ebay, credit cards, lady gaga, madonna, alf, fashion

    • 0 Ratings
    • 119 Views
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    Short Story: "Prices to Pay" (7th in a series)

    MARCH 1, 2011 12:11PM

    By P. Orin Zack


    Topics: precognition, eula, interest, in-game purchases, apps, credit cards, mortgage, short stories, fiction

    • 34 Ratings
    • 1291 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    We Must Declare a Jubilee Year

    JANUARY 11, 2011 8:07AM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: tarp, greed, finance, predatory lending, usury, financiers, banksters, banks, debt slavery, debt-slavery, bondage, jubilee year, jubilee, mortgages, student loans, credit cards, debt relief, debt-relief, debt

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1249 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    10 lessons I learned from having my purse stolen

    JANUARY 6, 2011 2:52PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: theft, lost property, stolen purse, stolen iphone, canceling credit cards, credit cards, debit cards, communication, social security card, trust, learning experiences, stolen wallet, police report, debit gift cards, prepaid phones, password protection, find my iphone, mobileme, personal documents

    • 2 Ratings
    • 219 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Fraud Alert / Watch your charges.

    DECEMBER 7, 2010 2:24PM

    By November Skies


    Topics: fraud, credit cards, theives, identity theft

    • 2 Ratings
    • 347 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Deficit Jabberwocky

    DECEMBER 6, 2010 10:52AM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: deficit, deficit commission, taxes, obama administration, terror, social security, fear, progressive, liberal, wall street, corporate, corporate america, medicare, working class, economics, the market, financial, jabberwocky, debt, credit cards, trillions, taxpayers

    • 1 Ratings
    • 169 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Dear Evil Mega-Bank...

    DECEMBER 6, 2010 12:06AM

    By Christopher Valin


    Topics: economy, main street, wall street, credit cards, banks

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