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Showing Original Post only (View all)Iceland jails crooked Banksters, Sells-off Banks, doles out kr 30,000 to each citizen w/ proceeds. [View all]
Last edited Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:38 PM - Edit history (1)
THIS^ is how to deal with crooked Banksters, not with kid-gloves, deregulation and bail-outs.First They Jailed the Bankers, Now Every Icelander to Get Paid in Bank Sale
Oct. 29, 2015 * The AntiMedia * by Claire Bernish
(ANTIMEDIA) Iceland First, Iceland jailed its crooked bankers for their direct involvement in the financial crisis of 2008. Now, every Icelander will receive a payout for the sale of one of its three largest banks, Íslandsbanki.
If Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has his way and he likely will Icelanders will be paid kr 30,000 after the government takes over ownership of the bank. Íslandsbanki would be second of the three largest banks under State proprietorship.
I am saying that the government take some decided portion, 5%, and simply hand it over to the people of this country, he stated.
Because Icelanders took control of their government, they effectively own the banks. Benediktsson believes this will bring foreign capital into the country and ultimately fuel the economy which, incidentally, remains the only European nation to recover fully from the 2008 crisis. Iceland even managed to pay its outstanding debt to the IMF in full in advance of the due date.
http://theantimedia.org/first-they-jailed-the-bankers-now-every-icelander-to-get-paid-in-bank-sale/
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Iceland jails crooked Banksters, Sells-off Banks, doles out kr 30,000 to each citizen w/ proceeds. [View all]
99th_Monkey
Oct 2015
OP
I dont see them resigning themselves to anything, they seem to me to just be pointing out that
cstanleytech
Oct 2015
#18
But if you really want to change something you have to vote for the person who is actually going to
cui bono
Oct 2015
#20
Of course it matters because the actual trying helps you to acquire the power and
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#89
Where has this idea come from that Bernie doesn't compromise in order to get things passed?
cui bono
Oct 2015
#42
That's odd. There are Hillary supporters who can't WAIT to purge the Liberals from the party.
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2015
#55
It is fun to pretend Democratic candidates not of our choosing will eventually become fascis
LanternWaste
Oct 2015
#50
KansDem down-string says it's actually MUCH more than that: $3,512.92 to be exact.
99th_Monkey
Oct 2015
#66
They could only do that thanks to the overwhelming power of the Icelandic military
Fumesucker
Oct 2015
#5
Iceland is a "different country, it has nothing to do with us and our laws"
99th_Monkey
Oct 2015
#37