DISASTER IN A TIME OF AUSTERITY: SANDY VICTIMS THROWN TO THE (LOAN) SHARKS. Victims of the superstorm devastation that struck New York and New Jersey are caught in bureaucratic red tape and the disposition of FEMA to administer any “relief” for victims through banks and other lending agencies with loan-shark level interest rates. With [...]
Jan 082013
Posted by Matt Parker at 9:01 am Tagged with: "Austerity", Budgets and Spending, Congress, Debt ceiling, FEMA, Government safety net, Human Rights, Hurricanes, India, Israel, Medicare, Natural disaster, New Jersey, New York, Social Security, Violence against women, Women's Rights

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