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ljm2002

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39. Very informative...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:10 PM

Jul 2012

...deserves to be read widely.

We need to expose the self-serving bastards and all of their methods and havens. Otherwise we have no hope of stemming the tide.

We here in the US are so used to reading about other countries, and their plutocrats stealing money and hoarding it offshore. Well guess what folks, it's happening to us too.

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A tale of £13 trillion in hidden wealth [View all] Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 OP

This is absolutely disgusting.... nc4bo Jul 2012 #1

Everybody should read the article. Mimosa Jul 2012 #2

K&R drm604 Jul 2012 #3

Be sure to share the story on FB FreakinDJ Jul 2012 #4

Please do. I have no Facebook account. Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #5

Tweeted ... sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #32

From the link: freshwest Jul 2012 #6

Great post! scarletwoman Jul 2012 #12

I wish people knew MORE about that and LESS what media tells them. Thanks for your comment on it. freshwest Jul 2012 #13

The vast majority in this country are utterly clueless. And the plutocrat-controlled corporate media scarletwoman Jul 2012 #16

+1,000 malaise Jul 2012 #25

Great post n/t Tsiyu Jul 2012 #20

Excellent post. And it looks like they have accomplished the goal outlined in the last paragraph of sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #33

You're welcome to make one of it. But as far as the Greeks, when I talked to Europeans, they said... freshwest Jul 2012 #34

That is pretty amazing and appalling.. ananda Jul 2012 #7

13 trillion pounds; 21 trillion dollars muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #8

Could be up to $31 trillion - the article says 13 to 20 trillion pounds aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #21

I saw that error right after posting. I was in a hurry and chose to leave it. Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #28

This is soooooo Republican Berlum Jul 2012 #9

They're planning to use it anytime now to create jobs lunatica Jul 2012 #10

They've already created jobs. They've reduced people to hiring on to kill other people. freshwest Jul 2012 #23

Your headline is innaccurate - it's 13 trillion in British POUNDS, 21 trillion in U.S. DOLLARS. scarletwoman Jul 2012 #11

I knew that right after I posted. I chose to leave it. Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #27

No problem, part of why I posted the correction was for the other readers of the thread, so they'd scarletwoman Jul 2012 #29

the comments section is definitely worth reading n/t grasswire Jul 2012 #14

They Give New Meaning to Hoarding otohara Jul 2012 #15

Lucy Komisar has done an excellent job of covering offshoring wealth. Octafish Jul 2012 #17

The greatest enemies of civilization are no longer countries or nations aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #18

This is the reality we are faced with today. freshwest Jul 2012 #22

Thanks for this eye-opener Tsiyu Jul 2012 #19

This needs to be posted often lunatica Jul 2012 #24

Was on local news here malaise Jul 2012 #26

Do you mind telling me where? Big city, national or local franchise? How did they introuduce it? freshwest Jul 2012 #36

I'm in Kingston malaise Jul 2012 #38

Thanks. So they didn't make a big deal of it, huh? freshwest Jul 2012 #40

kr HiPointDem Jul 2012 #30

The human race is living on scraps agent46 Jul 2012 #31

K&R for an important thread that actually matters to all our lives. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #35

Blockade the Cayman Islands and their like, to send a warning to Switzerland. Zalatix Jul 2012 #37

Very informative... ljm2002 Jul 2012 #39

+1 freshwest Jul 2012 #41

John Nichols mentioned this at his speech in Milwaukee tonight dragonlady Jul 2012 #42