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Demeter

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48. You know, they aren't really trying to save the Euro, per se

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 07:45 PM

Aug 2012

They are trying to save their banks, their profits, bonuses, jobs....everything BUT the Euro. And they don't give a crap for the public, either, nor individual nations.

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