Venezuela Cancels Haiti's Debt: The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez announced on Monday, January 25, that the Venezuelan government will forgive any Venezuelan debts held by Haiti. Less than 1 cent of US quake aid dollar goes in cash to Haitian government: Graphic shows breakdown of U.S. aid to Haiti Oregon voters pass tax increasing measures by big margin: Oregon voters bucked decades of anti-tax and anti-Salem sentiment Tuesday, raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to prevent further erosion of public schools and other state services. Almost one in five US families were unable to buy food they needed in 2009: The Food Research and Action Center in collaboration with Gallup have been tracking what they term "food hardship" over the last two years America Increasingly Looks Like A Developing Nation : 30% Of Americans Rapidly Approach Poverty: Poverty grew at twice the rate of U.S. population growth from 2000 – 2008, and now encompasses 39.1 million Americans.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
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