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Our debt Household mortgage debt (2nd quarter 2008): $10.64 trillion Total credit card debt (Sept. 2008): $2.59 trillion Source: Federal Reserve System (article)
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Iraqi Cabinet approves security pact for phased U.S. troop withdrawal by 2011 (episode)
<i>"They were talking about installing a siren system in Sumatra and Java where there are major risks for tsunami activity."</i> <br /> --Stuart Weinstein on the tsunami warming system
<p><em>"Americans are at the bottom of the developed world in how much we save."</em> <br /> --Ronald Wilcox on American debt</p>
<i>"These economies are inherently weaker because they have lots of that good regulation that folks on the left think will cure America."</i> <br /> Peter Morici on the European economic recession
"The actual work is being contracted out to private companies -- to Wall Street banks, to banks like Bank of New York, Mellon. In many cases these are the companies that are at the he...
<i>"Instead of planning for the prison, how about some money for Head Start? How about some money to keep families together?"</i> <br /> --Ted Conover on what prisoners want in prison reform
<i>"They say 'We have a double bottom line.' They are concerned about the community and concerned about making profits."</i> <br /> --Daniel Gross on ethical subprime lending