To those who have not heard of this book, you should go out and get it and start reading, with what is going on in the economy, especially regarding the "bail out", getting informed now and making your voice heard is the BARE MINIMUM you should be doing. If I wasn't broke, I would be buying copies of this book and mailing it to people.
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Also, check out here for more information as it pertains to whats going on right now.
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/resources/disaster-capitalism-in-action