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Showing Original Post only (View all)Iceland’s Economy now growing faster than the U.S. and EU after arresting corrupt bankers [View all]
http://americanlivewire.com/world-economic-news-icelands-economy-now-growing-fas/So Iceland decided not to follow the rest of the world by bailing out the bankers. Instead, they chose to arrest them. Now their economy is recovering faster than the EU and the United States. Hmmmm.
Remember when the United States government told the American people that immediate action was required to save the banks, and save our nation from complete collapse? An action in the form of Billions of dollars of National Debt? Yeah, we remember that! Now Trillions of dollars in National debt later, we are in the same position we were in 4 years ago, just more debt. As a matter of fact Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben Bernanke has called for yet another stimulus that will add more debt onto the mountain we already have.
At the start of the world wide 2008 economic collapse, Iceland was in worse shape than almost any other country in the world. Now they are one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
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hue
Oct 2012
OP
When you have the moral compass to acknowledge that someone is crooked,
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2012
#4
Yes, but in the rest of the world the PTB were protected, and that's all that matters. nt
valerief
Oct 2012
#9
Absolutely in the case of AIG, which was nothing more than a bailout of Goldman Sachs..
girl gone mad
Oct 2012
#31
This whole story about Iceland fascinates me. But I don't understand it either.
AllyCat
Oct 2012
#13
Can anyone explain to me what the difference is in the broad scope of things between
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#15
Iceland is not unique in benefiting from disregarding the Big Money types
Lydia Leftcoast
Oct 2012
#19
"by letting the banks fail you are willfully supporting the destitution of millions of middle class"
girl gone mad
Oct 2012
#32