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	<title><![CDATA[The Credit Card Debt Crisis: The Next Economic Domino]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-credit-card-debt-cris_b_169657.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Hot on the heels of the banking crisis, the employment crisis, and the mortgage/foreclosure crisis, the country is on the verge of experiencing a credit card crisis.</p>

<p>According to the Federal Reserve, the total outstanding credit card debt carried by Americans reached a record $951 billion in 2008 -- a number that will only climb higher as more and more people reach for the plastic to make ends meet. What's more, roughly a third of that is debt held by risky...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-03-27T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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