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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIceland President: Let BANKS Go Bankrupt
Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson on how letting the banks fail led to a remarkable recovery of the country's economy.
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Iceland President: Let BANKS Go Bankrupt (Original Post)
Segami
Jan 2013
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The same world banks that handed over the bank accounts to Hitler from the 1st countries he invaded.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
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woo me with science
(32,139 posts)1. Would that we had such leadership...
Our politicians watch the greedy pigs in Europe bleed their people and their economies, and then go the same route anyway.
This is what happens when we allow our politicians to be bought.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)4. The same world banks that handed over the bank accounts to Hitler from the 1st countries he invaded.
These corrupt banksters and politicans do not work for free, cut off their funding and they would wither on the vine.
Dem2TheCore
(220 posts)2. Interesting, except for
the ridiculous question: "Does it surprise you that 48% of Americans don't pay taxes?"
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)3. how do those Americans get away with not paying property tax, sales tax and gas tax?
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)6. Who bailed our banks out?