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CNN: Obama cancels fundraisers amid stalled debt talks

President Barack Obama has canceled two fundraising appearances Monday, a campaign official said, as weekend talks to resolve the nation's debt-ceiling crisis hit a new stalemate. Asian stocks also fell Monday, the first reaction in global markets after congressional leaders and the Obama administration failed to agree on a deal to raise the U.S. debt limit.

CNNMoney: No deal on debt ceiling

Republican lawmakers and [President Barack] Obama have been negotiating for months, looking for a way to both cut spending and raise the nation's legal borrowing limit. Meanwhile, the stakes are getting higher every day.

CNN: Pelosi calls for ethics investigation of Democratic Oregon congressman

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is asking for an ethics investigation of Rep. David Wu of Oregon, who has resisted calls to resign following a news report alleging he made sexual advances toward the daughter of a longtime campaign donor. The allegations against Wu, a seven-term Democratic congressman, were published Friday by The Oregonian newspaper in Portland.

CNN: Bachmann links Pawlenty to Obama

After repeated attacks on her record from Republican presidential rival and fellow Minnesotan Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann hit back Sunday, vehemently contrasting her record in Congress with his as governor.

CNN: 2012ers hit the road

2012 Republican presidential candidates are traveling this week, mostly in early presidential-contest states. Here's a look at where they're headed.

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CNN: First New York couples wed under new same-sex marriage law

A city official married the first couple in New York City to wed under the state's new law allowing same-sex marriage Sunday. Phyllis Siegal, 76, and Connie Kopelov, 84, were married in a chapel at the city clerk's office as a crowd of onlookers cheered. Hundreds of same-sex couples heard the news Friday that they made the cut in the marriage lottery that New York state instituted for Sunday, the day that the state's Marriage Equality Act took effect.

CNN: Hotel maid goes public with allegations against ex-IMF chief

The maid who accused former International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in a New York City hotel room has ended her months-long silence and gone public. Nafissatou Diallo, whose credibility has been questioned by Strauss-Kahn's lawyers and prosecutors, spoke to Newsweek magazine for an article posted on its website Sunday. She also conducted an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC News, which is set to air Monday on "Good Morning America."

CNN: NFL optimistic lockout will end as players meet over deal

An end to the NFL lockout may be imminent as a committee of league players is scheduled to meet Monday in Washington to consider an offer by club owners. A larger group of player representatives is on standby in case the 13-man executive committee votes on the deal, the NFL said Sunday on its website. If accepted, the deal would end the the lockout that started in March.

Wall Street Journal: Summer Cuts Launch Lunch Scramble

When schools in California and elsewhere closed for the summer to save money, educators expressed worries about the academic consequences. Now, many warn of low-income families losing the government-paid, and generally healthy, meals served there. Such low-cost alternatives as pasta and cereal served at home can contribute to childhood obesity, say advocates.

Arizona Republic: Obama administration debating care of U.S. national forests

The Obama administration is crafting a new plan to manage the nation's 155 national forests, including six in Arizona, for the next 15 to 20 years. …The U.S. Forest Service says the new plan, due by year's end, is urgently needed to replace the so-called forest-planning rule written in 1982 during the Reagan administration. That rule, which emphasized using the forests for logging, does not reflect the latest science on climate change and how best to protect wildlife and water, the Forest Service says.

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CNN: Man accused of Norway terror attacks set to appear in court

A man who authorities say confessed to Norway's terror attacks is expected to make his first court appearance Monday, when, according to his attorney, he wants to "explain himself." The court appearance comes as authorities continue to search for possible victims of Friday's bombing in downtown Olso and a mass shooting at a political youth retreat on Utoya island. At least 93 people were killed and 96 were wounded in the attacks.

CNN: Europe's resurgent far right focuses on immigration, multiculturalism

The far right in Europe has enjoyed a renaissance over the past 30 years, driven by resentment of the growing powers of the European Union and by rejection of the "multiculturalism" that has accompanied rapid immigration from the developing world.

Washington Post: U.S. trucking funds reach Taliban, military-led investigation concludes

A year-long military-led investigation has concluded that U.S. taxpayer money has been indirectly funneled to the Taliban under a $2.16 billion transportation contract that the United States has funded in part to promote Afghan businesses. The unreleased investigation provides seemingly definitive evidence that corruption puts U.S. transportation money into enemy hands, a finding consistent with previous inquiries carried out by Congress, other federal agencies and the military.

Bloomberg: Greece Credit Rating Cut Three Levels by Moody’s

Greece’s sovereign credit rating was cut three steps by Moody’s Investors Service, which said the European Union’s financing package for the debt-laden nation implies “substantial economic losses” for private creditors. Greece’s long-term foreign currency debt was downgraded to Ca from Caa1, the ratings company said in a statement in London today.

CNN: Egypt's revolution at 6 months: 'We can't go back'

Six months after the improbable revolt that toppled one of the world's longest-serving rulers, protesters are once again camping in Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand speedy change. …The result is a revolution that remains incomplete, with the coalition that formed in Tahrir Square splintering over different visions of a post-Mubarak future. But few dispute that the uprising launched on January 25 has changed an ancient nation in a fundamental way.

BUSINESS

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CNNMoney: Stocks: Big week ahead

Strap in for an eventful week in the markets. The debt ceiling clock is ticking and politics is strangling policy in Washington. At stake: The creditworthiness of the United States. Meanwhile, the end of the week will bring an important report on the economy: The first official reading on growth in the second quarter - a period when the recovery lost steam.

Houston Chronicle: Big Oil expects big profits, drivers’ anger over gas costs

Big Oil is expected to report another round of big profits this week after sharply higher crude prices during the second quarter helped boost their bottom lines, but few Americans are likely to celebrate the achievement. …Analysts said companies likely received the biggest boost in the April-June period from higher oil prices, which averaged $102.34 a barrel, up from $78.05 a barrel in the second quarter of 2010.

Detroit Free Press: Earnings are key as auto talks open

In the days ahead, the Detroit Three will report their second-quarter financial results and kick off national labor talks with the UAW. …The Detroit Three are likely to report combined profits of more than $4 billion, before one-time charges, despite the challenging economic backdrop of the last three months.

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A Civil War battle commemoration provides a small Virginia town with an economic boost. CNN's Brianna Keilar reports.

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Jaeson Parsons made a lot of money on 9/11. His trading desk at Refco in Chicago bet huge when no one else would.

“We quoted the market more than 50 ticks wide,” Parsons said. “It was unheard of, but everyone was scared and no one was willing to put their jobs or their money on the line.”

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With their corporate headquarters across the street from Ground Zero, Parsons' team lost several friends that morning. It was the pain of this loss, combined with the unstoppable thrill of making money, that caused a fissure of guilt to form in Parsons. As the U.S. war on terror commenced, he continued making money and the guilt only grew.

“Volatility provides earning opportunities for market makers,” Parsons says.

"In other words, the harder this war was to our troops, the more unrest, the higher the profits. And that didn't sit well with me.  It was unspoken for sure, no one said it out loud, but I couldn't take the silence anymore.”

Parsons was going through a divorce when he gave notice. His bosses and co-workers told him he was having an early mid-life crisis. Thinking there was more to it than that, he enlisted in the Army as a combat medic and went off to Fort Knox for basic training in late June 2005. He was 27.

He served for four years, before an injury put him in an Army hospital where he was told he could accept a staff position or get out. His days as a medic at an end, he opted out. “I loved being a medic, but I got too attached. Too much empathy is not a good quality in a combat medic.”

It is a quality that caused him to carry the missions--and the friends he lost--around with him after coming home. His VA psychiatrist diagnosed him with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and suggested he find a hobby, something to take his mind off the killing.

He enrolled at college in West Virginia, his new wife’s home state. He began studying business, but his thoughts lingered on the doctor's suggestion.

Recalling some artwork on the Jersey barriers back in Iraq, and encouraged by his new wife Melissa and fellow veterans, Parsons contacted publishers to see if there was interest in a coffee table book on the Graffiti of War left by almost a decade of fighting. Maxim assured him that there was.

The artwork is ubiquitous in and around U.S. bases in the theater. From Sharpy drawings inside Porta-Potties, to unit sponsored art work with a company motto's and crests, the t-walls and Jersey barriers designed to thwart attack proved the perfect spot to paint.

By March 2010, Parsons had partners, a publisher, and a website. He began collecting donations to pay for a trip back to Iraq for more pictures. By spring 2011, he’d raised about $4,000 toward the $15,000 expedition.

Once he received approval from U.S. Force commanders in Iraq, he used his student loans to cover the  difference and spent a month in Iraq shooting more than 2,500 images.

“Iraq looked the same, smelled the same and tasted the same,” Parsons says, “but it was all different. The Iraqis are doing everything now. Our guys just seem bored.”

It’s a shift that’s being received differently depending on the soldier. “Guys on their first deployment are disappointed, guys on their fourth tour are just grateful they’re in air conditioning,” Parsons says.

Attacks were up in June as the U.S. prepares for a full withdrawal. Parsons says commanders there told him the increased attacks are an effort by Iraqi militants to make it look as if they’ve forced the U.S. out of the country after the scheduled withdrawal.

As local forces take over responsibilities from the U.S., the graffiti is also changing. Local nationals are being encouraged to paint their own murals to promote esprit de corps -- putting a new face on the military enforcement.

As it becomes easier for Iraqi forces to paint, it's getting more difficult for U.S. servicemembers. "There are signs everywhere." Parsons says, "Even in the Porta-Potties they say it's illegal to deface government property and can result in prosecution."

Work from locals and U.S. servicemembers will be included in the book, the release date of which has yet to be announced. “I want this project to help others with PTSD as much as it’s helped me,” Parsons says. “My goal is to donate half of all profits to groups that support post-traumatic veterans.”

Parsons is planning a trip to Afghanistan next year.

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Companies that consist of online car insurance may be often classified into two classes: on-line and full support. You will find a number of basic dissimilarity amongst each of these business types that has an excellent impact on costs and service.

On-line insurance coverage is very popular for individuals who are certainly computer experienced and comfy with doing business on-line. This demographic is growing, but occurs to be more youthful and busier and views the ability to research online and quote, obtain and print insurance coverage documents by themselves with out worrying about the advantage for speaking with the insurance agent as being a comfort rather than as being a danger. Those that are structured to focus on this demographic are really established to be the price leader because they really don't have the accessible funds invested inside a main amenities and in an agent force and can provide a cost reduction but nonetheless keep on being productive.

Full support businesses are created beneath a different business viewpoint. They promote their policies through a network of field agents who preserve an actual office. They have got marketing methods and methods which core around becoming able to grant customized 1 on one service. Furthermore, complete car insurance support companies will usually manage to package deal deal policies plus offer package deal offer decreased costs for buyers who've home and existence policies that is in certain instances are more competitive than the selling price that the web based policies provide for the automobile alone.

An extra factor to think about whenever you compare internet primarily based businesses to actual support businesses is the service when handling statements. Typically, the internet primarily based policies won't have the ability to deal with a claim as rapidly or resourcefully because the complete agency will be able to.

The online policies will generally use a third party agreement insurance coverage adjuster who generally has a large backlog of statements to look more than. Yet, full support policy which will have accessibility to numerous in-house claims adjusters who'll go and consider care with the claim instantly.

Credit rating Assortment: Determines a Possible Borrowers

Obtaining your credit score online will supply you with a very essential piece of credit score info. These scores range from anywhere between 300 and 900. The greater it's the much better rates you are able to anticipate to obtain on loans. Your score will assist you to make feeling of your credit report, it provides a good picture of how well you are handling your finances and also offers you insight into precisely what creditors and loan companies look at when determining whether or not you're certified for a charge card or loan.

This is exactly why we advise that everyone acquire their totally free credit score score a minimum of 1 time for each yr. Whenever you are about to use for a charge card, it is an excellent plan to obtain a copy of your score and report, and examine it to make sure that all of the info is right. It's possible to acquire a copy of one's report totally free of charge every and every yr from every 1 with the credit score bureaus.

Whilst the above concept is really a totally appropriate means of tracking your credit score standing you could also obtain a 3 in one report being an option.

This type of report provides the information that appears in your report as compiled by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion and provides you the large picture of what your credit background actually appears like. Typically, a three in 1 credit history gives you a brief checklist of potentially difficult info, which you can rapidly and easily evaluate. It is moreover recognized as a 3 Bureau Credit report.

Collectors, lenders, and banks will report to a credit bureau any time a customer gets a mortgage, opens up a fresh bank card account, misses a payment on a month-to-month bill, or files for personal bankruptcy. Nevertheless, they're not needed to report it to all three credit score bureaus. The result is that the no price credit report you receive from one credit bureau could possibly be missing some important details. That missing info can frequently have a great impact in your credit score standing. If you would like a really clear view of how good or dreadful your credit report truly is, you should appear at investing inside a 3 in one credit history.

A comprehensive analysis of your free credit score and report will provide you having a great insight into your monetary scenario. In the event you put in your order for a comprehensive credit score from one with the 3 credit bureaus, you are able to be qualified to acquire your credit score record from Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax within a joint file. These are heading to assist you in easy evaluation of precisely where you stand and allow it to be feasible for you personally to note the versions in your 3 credit reviews. It's heading to help you follow all loans and charge cards which are opened in your name and you also are going to be inside a position to learn which companies get in touch with the credit bureaus.

Hoodia Diet plan Tablets - Efficient Fat Reducer

The way in which hoodia works is fairly simple. After consumption, the energetic molecule in Hoodia-P57-acts like a pure blood sugar stabilizer, which in turn prevents the insulin spike that triggers starvation. The outcome is definitely an prolonged feeling fullness, frequently for as much as six hours following consuming, and also the elimination from the urge to snack in in between meals. Which is why they are said to be among the top diet plan tablets that perform.

What this signifies is the fact that persons who eat considerably much less on a every day foundation, regularly resulting in weight loss. As an example, inside a 2006 research performed by Phytopharm pharmaceutical company-the top researcher of Hoodia diet supplements-obese topics who consumed Hoodia ate a thousand calories less per day, and 7000 calories much less per week, than subjects denied Hoodia.

Thinking about that it can take a deficit of 3000 calories to shed 1 pound of physique fat, this might simply translate to a loss of two pounds per week, along with a loss at least10 kilos monthly. For this cause, the weight loss industry is now harvesting and production Hoodia Gordonni as being a diet plan supplement. Hoodia diet pills are readily available on the web and in health meals shops everywhere.

Diet plan capsules that deliver the results are quite difficult to arrive by, specifically on-line. So in case you aren't comfortable with purchasing them on line, then we suggest going to your local supplement retailer in town to see if they've any of what you're in search of. Chain health meals stores like GNC, Wholefoods, etc. are rather excellent about carrying diet capsules that work like hoodia.

Utilizing Natural Hemorrhoid Cure That Actually Operates

Though it's embarrassing to have hemorrhoids, in reality there are plenty of individuals who suffer from this illness. You will find great deal of people who aren't truly vocal about this illness that is why they are not conscious of the signs and symptoms and indications of it.

But if you will do some researches about it, you will surely discover a lot. Normally when you have hemorrhoid cure you'll pain, inflammation, inflammation and itching in your anal area. And once you encounter these signs and symptoms, it is essential that you need to do something about this. It's essential that you have to do some hemorrhoid therapy while the symptoms are nonetheless mild.

And because individuals who suffer from hemorrhoid are not comfy of speaking about this, they just do some self medicine in treating your hemorrhoid. Actually you will find lots of treatment which you can do n order to get rid of the pain, swelling and inflammation.

Among the best all-natural hemorrhoid remedies that you can do is to create a modification together with your lifestyle. It's essential which you have to consume foods which are rich in fiber. If you're not used in consuming fruits and vegetable, well now it's important which you need to include these foods together with your every day diet plan. If you usually consume little quantity of water, then you have to increase fluid consumption because this could help you soften your stool and this may assist you to eliminate your hemorrhoid. Having a small sacrifice in your part, you are able to be sure which you will get rid of your hemorrhoid. It'll also assist you to stop this sickness.

But there are many people who do not know any with the natural hemorrhoid treatment, that is why they do not have any choice but to consult the physician. It is really essential to seek advice from the doctor to be able to have the right therapy for the hemorrhoid. Normally the doctors will prescribe you some medications that will assist you to eliminate your hemorrhoid. You will find lots o f topical creams that will be bought more than the counter. These lotions can assist you to in treat6ing your hemorrhoid but it can only last for a couple of hrs. But once your hemorrhoid will get severe and worse then surgery is what most doctors recommends you.

Self medication is really a good idea but once your hemorrhoid get serious it is much better to seek advice from the doctor in order to have the right hemorrhoids treatment. This will assist you to prevent the expensive price of surgical treatment.

Genital Warts Treatment - How you can Handle HPV Signs and symptoms

Are you the 1 who is facing the problem of genital warts relief and are feeling shy to visit a physician? Would you be comfy getting your warts remedied by natural means? How would you feel if you know to remedy these warts by your self? If you're positive to every one of these concerns, then make sure you go through this article to get rid of this infection your self that to with ease. Genital warts are truly a large dermatological issue as compared to other skin desease and therefore are about irregular skin development. Not only they irritate you but have a extremely unfavorable impact in your intercourse lifestyle, it could become a large issue and might lead to other bigger illness that can't be underestimated.

Having a little information of getting these warts remedied without leaving your house is actually very easy and simple. Just go to web and look for Wartrol; a renowned item for the therapy of warts naturally and effectively. It is a homeopath remedy that is made up of all-natural ingredients like tea tree oil. Wartrol doesn't need any prescription and is also accessible over the counter at all leading drug stores in the Usa. The drug can also be available all over Europe, Uk, Australia, Canada, and within the nations of UAE. The wonder drug can also be available online and is straight delivered to your house.

It's always recommended to seek medical viewpoint especially if you are a feminine. The HPV virus , referred to as Human Papilloma Virus will be the primary culprit causing genital warts treatment, which might trigger cervical cancer, if ignored. It is the biggest risk especially to females as compared to males. It is always much better to start therapy as soon as you discover this virus infection as it can result in larger issue if left untreated. It can be treated by Wartrol effectively if it is nonetheless in the initial stage.

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After you take into account marketing your business on golf courses, you'll find different things to become deemed in advance of acquiring signs. The primary reason is excellent with the signs. Make sure that the indicators that show your brand are produced working with supplies that will withstand the toughest of environments and do not call for significantly upkeep.

Go for a wide selection of supplies - aluminum, bronze, granite, redwood, sandstone Kingstone or Rinowood to find the sign that suits for your business requirement. You'll find some trustworthy firms that give good turnaround time that would assure your satisfaction from their service. A trustworthy firm that presents good service is Bench Craft Company. You may contact such an advertising firm straight and get a quote. You would like your signs to appear desirable and elegant.

Golf cart is one more powerful way of reaching golfers. You may have your ads in direct sight of the golfers once they ride the cart. An common round of golf lasts for 5 hours, which suggests plenty of time to receive adequate impression. Billboards are the major advertising solutions on golf courses. It has double sides, which assists in displaying advertisements on each sides. It can be set up amid the assistance poles around the front or rear side with the cart. The best size for billboards is 4x36 inches and, it can differ according to the course. And, you are able to stay assured that it may deliver you 300 to 400 impressions inside a round.

A pin seeker banner is an additional powerful way of branding around the golf course. Along with the crucial information regarding the course, you'll be able to also display your brand or logo on pin seeker banners. This really is set up amid the support poles on the front and rear side with the golf cart. They also have a perfect size of 4x36 inches, which can preserve varying in accordance with the course. Equivalent towards the billboards, they will also aid your messages acquire as many as 300 impressions in a round.

The GPS on the golf cart may also be applied as being a fantastic advertising medium. The crucial distance data is usually checked by golfers, and you can get your advertisements displayed beside the show. The GPS units are mainly set up around the dashboard or on the windshield. And, the benefit of marketing on digital engineering is that you can update your ads whenever you wish.
Marketing firms like Bench Craft Company supply extensive sponsorship and marketing selections that enable your brand to achieve matchless exposure for the high-end golf players and audience. Making use of the extensive marketing selections, you will get your brand messages displayed on golf courses for extended intervals of time.

The advantage of advertising on golf courses is that it gives you a lot more than 90% attain to golfers and audience, and there's no other medium that gives so much accomplishment rate. Because your brand gets an extended period of exposure, golfers will be able to view your ads from 1 to 6 hrs on the basis in the placement. And, this signifies that you get good recognition for your brand as golfers will link it with enjoyment. And, when you are working with professional advertising firms, you can stay assured that there's no cluttering as every single placement will carry separate brands.
Yet another successful advertising medium is the golfer’s bag. Golfers drive across the course with their bags or they just leave it on the bag drop, but it can often get a minimum of 30 impressions inside of a round.

An additional marketing medium to reach a wide spectrum of golfers is via driving ranges. The average session can final from 30 to 45 minutes, and also you can get unique impressions for the brands and products.

Driving range displays help you reach golfers of various levels. You receive leading logo positioning in unique hitting bay. Advertising firms styles driving ranges, customized to suit the present assortment configuration of every single course. This incorporates pop-out banners, A-frames and materials for mesh banner.

Professional marketing firms make certain thorough flexibility so as to generate certain that your enterprise gets connected with your audience inside a manner it tends to make sense.

The majority of the respected golf course marketing firms let you select inventory at the golf course or for golf occasions. And, due to the fact the campaigns is often customized, they're going to always match into for your budget. The length of your advertising campaign can range over golf seasons or over months.

And, all the functions with the campaign are facilitated by the marketing firm. This incorporates style, placement, reporting and maintenance. And, the approval from the golf course, for the creative material, is also the responsibility of the marketing firm. In case you are enthusiastic about exploring golf course advertising to promote your company, then you ought to surely check out http://benchcraftcompany.net

People Making Money Net

Most charts I get sent are up and to the right. Not this one.

The chart ReadyForZero sent me (above) goes down and to the right. This is meant to showcase just how much debt the service is helping users eliminate. They’re the blue lines on the bottom. It’s like golf, the lower the better.

All told, ReadyForZero is already helping their users eliminate some $42 million in credit card debt since the beta launch just four months ago. We’ve covered the Y Combinator alum a few times over the past several months for a good reason: it’s a solid and much needed service. And today, investors are putting even more of their money where the credit card debt is disappearing, giving ReadyForZero a fresh $4.5 million Series A.

Polaris Venture Partners led the round with participation from Citi Ventures. It follows a $260,000 seed round last October that featured prominent angels like Steve Chen, Dave McClure, Benjamin Ling, Nils Johnson, and Maneesh Arora.

“This financing round will help us build more automation, engagement and optimization into the product — things like, managing your personal debt and credit reputation the same way you manage your investments and net worth,” co-founder Rod Ebrahimi says. “We hope this financing also furthers our image as a credible and legitimate option among within a notoriously ‘shady’ industry,” he continues, also noting that they’re hiring ” aggressively”.

“There is no doubt that there is a big opportunity here,” Ebrahimi says. How big? Well, some 77 percent of American families have debt. And the Federal Reserve pegs the total consumer debt amount at $2.4 trillion. Not exactly chump change — not at all.

And ReadyForZero obviously has some ideas on how to make money themselves while at the same time helping people. In fact, they’re already taking in some revenue. “We’ve actually booked some revenue and facilitated over $250k in loans

through our launch partner, Lending Club. To be quite honest, we have been floored by the effectiveness of our first simple version,” Ebrahimi says.

Perhaps they shouldn’t be floored though, as their regular users are paying down debts two times faster than if they tried to do it without managing it at all. “The company is already making a meaningful impact on people’s lives,” Polaris’ Prinicipal Ryan Spoon says. Indeed.

President Obama, the fellow leftists in his administration, and the Congress, nearly none of whom have ever made a viable contribution to the Gross Domestic Product, are hell-bent on seizing complete control of the economy.  They are making the same foolish and arrogant mistake Marxists and Socialists have made since the mid-1800s, and the citizens of the United States will pay an overwhelming price for their folly unless the people begin to grasp the true cost to themselves and the country.

Those, such as Barack Obama, who believe they have a manifest destiny to rule and are faithful to socialist tenets, have a predisposition to control economic and personal activity through laws, regulations, taxes, and intimidation.  They attempt to maintain this power by bribing the populace with massive social spending and promises in exchange for their votes.  These commitments can never be fully honored; nonetheless those in power willfully keep the general public focused on blaming others for the failures of collectivist ideology and rely on the deliberately inept economic and civic education fostered at government operated schools to keep the majority of the people confused and bewildered.   

As government grows and absorbs more and more of a nation's gross domestic product in order to finance this bribery, the less capital there will be for business expansion and job as well as wealth creation.  Unfortunately many Americans do not understand that as a corollary to this activity, the standard of living and wealth of all citizens will continue to decline dramatically, as it is the private sector, not government, which creates prosperity.

Few things cause the eye to glaze over more than economic statistics, particularly when discussing incomprehensible sums in the trillions of dollars.  But when it comes to the employment and wealth of Americans as well as the ability of the private sector to grow, there are two statistics that the public should be aware of, and one which everyone can relate to:

1. The Gross Domestic Product (the total economic output of the economy); and


2. The Net Gross Domestic Product per Person (the GDP less the amount of government spending at all levels divided by the current population.)

The Net GDP recognizes the impact of Federal, state, and local spending. 

Ideally the Net GDP should increase every year adjusted for inflation.  This would be an indicator of private wealth creation, higher personal incomes, and a healthy expanding economy, as money is more readily available for job creation.  Despite minor ups and downs, the overall trend in a six to eight year period should always be on the positive side and normally has been over the past twenty-five years.

That is until the Obama years.  The following table reveals what has happened since 2002 through the end of a potential second Obama term based on current and projected spending estimates -- a growth rate of 3.0% per year for the GDP was used.  (Net GDP: inflation adjusted to 2002)

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Most charts I get sent are up and to the right. Not this one.

The chart ReadyForZero sent me (above) goes down and to the right. This is meant to showcase just how much debt the service is helping users eliminate. They’re the blue lines on the bottom. It’s like golf, the lower the better.

All told, ReadyForZero is already helping their users eliminate some $42 million in credit card debt since the beta launch just four months ago. We’ve covered the Y Combinator alum a few times over the past several months for a good reason: it’s a solid and much needed service. And today, investors are putting even more of their money where the credit card debt is disappearing, giving ReadyForZero a fresh $4.5 million Series A.

Polaris Venture Partners led the round with participation from Citi Ventures. It follows a $260,000 seed round last October that featured prominent angels like Steve Chen, Dave McClure, Benjamin Ling, Nils Johnson, and Maneesh Arora.

“This financing round will help us build more automation, engagement and optimization into the product — things like, managing your personal debt and credit reputation the same way you manage your investments and net worth,” co-founder Rod Ebrahimi says. “We hope this financing also furthers our image as a credible and legitimate option among within a notoriously ‘shady’ industry,” he continues, also noting that they’re hiring ” aggressively”.

“There is no doubt that there is a big opportunity here,” Ebrahimi says. How big? Well, some 77 percent of American families have debt. And the Federal Reserve pegs the total consumer debt amount at $2.4 trillion. Not exactly chump change — not at all.

And ReadyForZero obviously has some ideas on how to make money themselves while at the same time helping people. In fact, they’re already taking in some revenue. “We’ve actually booked some revenue and facilitated over $250k in loans

through our launch partner, Lending Club. To be quite honest, we have been floored by the effectiveness of our first simple version,” Ebrahimi says.

Perhaps they shouldn’t be floored though, as their regular users are paying down debts two times faster than if they tried to do it without managing it at all. “The company is already making a meaningful impact on people’s lives,” Polaris’ Prinicipal Ryan Spoon says. Indeed.

President Obama, the fellow leftists in his administration, and the Congress, nearly none of whom have ever made a viable contribution to the Gross Domestic Product, are hell-bent on seizing complete control of the economy.  They are making the same foolish and arrogant mistake Marxists and Socialists have made since the mid-1800s, and the citizens of the United States will pay an overwhelming price for their folly unless the people begin to grasp the true cost to themselves and the country.

Those, such as Barack Obama, who believe they have a manifest destiny to rule and are faithful to socialist tenets, have a predisposition to control economic and personal activity through laws, regulations, taxes, and intimidation.  They attempt to maintain this power by bribing the populace with massive social spending and promises in exchange for their votes.  These commitments can never be fully honored; nonetheless those in power willfully keep the general public focused on blaming others for the failures of collectivist ideology and rely on the deliberately inept economic and civic education fostered at government operated schools to keep the majority of the people confused and bewildered.   

As government grows and absorbs more and more of a nation's gross domestic product in order to finance this bribery, the less capital there will be for business expansion and job as well as wealth creation.  Unfortunately many Americans do not understand that as a corollary to this activity, the standard of living and wealth of all citizens will continue to decline dramatically, as it is the private sector, not government, which creates prosperity.

Few things cause the eye to glaze over more than economic statistics, particularly when discussing incomprehensible sums in the trillions of dollars.  But when it comes to the employment and wealth of Americans as well as the ability of the private sector to grow, there are two statistics that the public should be aware of, and one which everyone can relate to:

1. The Gross Domestic Product (the total economic output of the economy); and


2. The Net Gross Domestic Product per Person (the GDP less the amount of government spending at all levels divided by the current population.)

The Net GDP recognizes the impact of Federal, state, and local spending. 

Ideally the Net GDP should increase every year adjusted for inflation.  This would be an indicator of private wealth creation, higher personal incomes, and a healthy expanding economy, as money is more readily available for job creation.  Despite minor ups and downs, the overall trend in a six to eight year period should always be on the positive side and normally has been over the past twenty-five years.

That is until the Obama years.  The following table reveals what has happened since 2002 through the end of a potential second Obama term based on current and projected spending estimates -- a growth rate of 3.0% per year for the GDP was used.  (Net GDP: inflation adjusted to 2002)

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