Tags: web of debt

Seniors' Social Security Garnished for Student Debts

May 16th, 2012
in Op Ed

by: Ellen Brown, Web of Debt. The Social Security program…represents our commitment as a society to the belief that workers should not live in dread that a disability, death, or old age could leave them or their families destitute. – President Jim… more »

Robo-signing, Repos and the Shadow Banking System

January 28th, 2012
in Op Ed

by Ellen Brown, Web of Debt The Wall Street Journal reported on January 19th that the Obama Administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state attorneys general to agree to a settlement with five major banks in the “robo-signing” scandal. The sca… more »

The Way to Occupy a Bank is to Own One

December 21st, 2011
in Op Ed

The campaign to "move your money" has gotten a groundswell of support. Having greater impact would be to "move our money" -- move our local government revenues out of Wall Street banks into our own publicly-owned banks. Occupy Wall Street has been bo… more »