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    Social Security, Full Tilt Poker: Not Ponzi Schemes

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 9:32AM

    By roSPORKad


    Topics: david m becker, sec, fed up, rick perry, ponzi scheme, bernie madoff

    • 3 Ratings
    • 619 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Perry’s Ponzi scheme and Obama’s more insidious scheme

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 12:20PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: politics, news, economy, business, barack obama, ponzi scheme, rick perry, social security, pyramid schemes, political circus, september eleventh, september 11, 9/11/2001, kevin the lost bunny of the apocalypse, naomi klein, the shock doctrine

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1366 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Social Security: The Lies, The Math & The ISEE Solution

    JULY 31, 2011 6:01PM

    By Julie Morse


    Topics: do the wealthy collect social security, how many seniors live in poverty, why do we need social security, how much is the employer payroll tax, how much is the employee payroll tax, how much is the payroll tax, why is there a payroll tax cap, do we get more back from social security than we put in, why does congress want to get rid of social security, why does social security loan money to the government, will i get social security, is social security doomed to fail, creative accounting, is social security too expensive, how does the isee plan stimulate the economy, the isee solution to stimulate the economy, what is the isee solution, the isee solution to save social security, can social security be saved, is there a plan to save social security, what is the isee plan, isee, does the government borrow social security money, is there a social security trust fund, is there a social security surplus, is social security broke, is social security a pyramid scheme, is social security a ponzi scheme, economy, budget, broke, ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme, politics, politicians, social security

    • 1 Ratings
    • 162 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Short Story: "Full Value" (2nd in a series)

    APRIL 26, 2011 10:04AM

    By P. Orin Zack


    Topics: fiction, short stories, banking cartel, bankruptcy, congressional oversight, financial meltdown, fixed intelligence, foreclosure, international bankers, k street lobbies, mortgage crisis, ponzi scheme, suicide, war on terror

    • 3 Ratings
    • 516 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Politicians Just Can’t Admit Failure

    JANUARY 15, 2011 12:14PM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: ponzi scheme, meet the press, social security, harry reid

    • 4 Ratings
    • 424 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Hope and the Money, i.e. debt slavery on the front steps

    SEPTEMBER 6, 2010 1:15AM

    By Bill Meradeia


    Topics: politics, obama, goldman sachs, global collapse, finance, oligarchy, russia, putin, duma, foreign policy, fractional reserve monetary system, inflation, debt, federal reserve, money, deflation, jp morgan, loans, defaults, foreclosures, contractions, depression, ponzi scheme, riots, finance capital, resistance, exposure, corruption, chase manhattan, bank of america, credit slavery, mortgage, pbs, bilderberg, bilderberg group, turn off the fucking television

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1350 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Stop, Thief!

    AUGUST 28, 2010 7:57AM

    By Graham Sale


    Topics: cartoon, humor, graham sale, white collar crime, wall street, bilk, ponzi scheme, investment scam, pension funds, bankers, carl rove, dirty politics, scam, theft, thief, steal, theft, robbery

    • 1 Ratings
    • 342 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Music for Financial Crisis: Was Ponzi Wrong, Right, or Left?

    FEBRUARY 28, 2010 6:59PM

    By McGarrett50


    Topics: music monday, metric, music, ponzi scheme, health care reform, greece, euro crisis, obama, obamacare, social security, entitlements, news, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1233 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Eric Cantor is a Douche Bag

    FEBRUARY 24, 2010 2:19PM

    By Charles in OH


    Topics: eric cantor, social security, retirment savings, gambling, short sell, bailout, collapse, ponzi scheme, ed hardy, boehner, ryan, roadmap 2.0, thrift savings plan

    • 0 Ratings
    • 258 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Save Those Wet Noodles for Sheryl Weinstein

    AUGUST 20, 2009 2:56PM

    By The Apology Lady


    Topics: ponzi scheme, fraud, bernie madoff

    • 0 Ratings
    • 291 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Ponzi Schemes Aren't Just for City Dwellers

    JULY 28, 2009 10:15AM

    By Tony Wang


    Topics: stanford, maddoff, adm, grain futures, commodities, ponzi scheme, fraud

    • 1 Ratings
    • 359 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Bail out the Future, Not the Past

    JULY 13, 2009 7:52PM

    By poetic_badger


    Topics: open call, politics, news, family, rip off, ponzi scheme, bailout, student loans

    • 0 Ratings
    • 309 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    FTC: Don't Get Scammed

    JULY 6, 2009 3:34PM

    By Women's Voices for Change


    Topics: federal trade commission, ftc, identity theft, ponzi scheme, investment scam, internet scams, wall street, financial, finance

    • 0 Ratings
    • 276 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Give Madoff Some Cellmates!

    JULY 1, 2009 8:55AM

    By Women's Voices for Change


    Topics: wall street, finance, business, swindle, bernie madoff, madoff sentencing, ponzi scheme, women's voices for change, toni geyelin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1223 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Madoff pays for his mistakes and vengeance takes its due.

    JUNE 30, 2009 11:12AM

    By JRDOG


    Topics: ponzi scheme, forgiveness, vengeance, bernard madoff

    • 0 Ratings
    • 236 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    After the Meltdown and Madoff, Back To Basics for Investors

    JUNE 23, 2009 12:09AM

    By Women's Voices for Change


    Topics: retirement, ponzi scheme, hedge fund, economic, economy, recession, buyout, financial, antoinette geyelin, women's voices for change

    • 3 Ratings
    • 495 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Mr. Madoff, Can You Say "Sorry" in Dutch, or Spanish, or...

    MAY 31, 2009 2:04PM

    By Dorian de Wind


    Topics: wall street, latin america, spain, the netherlands, hedge funds, finance, securities, banks, bernard madoff, ponzi scheme, fraud, business

    • 3 Ratings
    • 376 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Looking for Answers

    APRIL 23, 2009 10:19AM

    By Laurenjwalter


    Topics: neighbor, baltimore, ponzi scheme, financial issues, control freak, play god, god, punishment, suicide, murder

    • 0 Ratings
    • 605 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Forgive the Young and Those seeking knowledge.

    FEBRUARY 6, 2009 12:53PM

    By poetic_badger


    Topics: student loans, bailout, ponzi scheme, rip off, belief and religion, family, news, politics

    • 14 Ratings
    • 3238 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Judge Ellis v. Madoff v. Aafia Siddiqui: You make the call

    JANUARY 15, 2009 1:54PM

    By Smithbarney


    Topics: afghanistan, pakistan, embezzlement, ponzi scheme, rendition, justice, torture, war on terror, terrorism, aaafiya, aafia siddiqui, bernie madoff, judge ronald ellis

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