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I found this post/link at a respected website, reposted by a respected poster.
I've never heard of the link site before nor the author of the link..
but it's fairly easy to read. and sobering. I haven't verified all the 8 references, but some of them will be familiar to all of us.
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[The following post is by TDV editor-in-chief, Jeff Berwick.]
As I write this, the European Union has just announced a possible $15b aid package to the Ukraine (including 8 billion euros in fresh credit). Everybody has read the headlines about Europe: record unemployment, no end in sight, and so on. So you might be wondering just where the European Union, and its' constituent nations, scrapped together the money to propose aid for the Ukraine. Well, wonder no more, because the following eight events might give you an idea of where governments go to get a little extra cash.
1. In March, 2009, Ireland seized
I've never heard of the link site before nor the author of the link..
but it's fairly easy to read. and sobering. I haven't verified all the 8 references, but some of them will be familiar to all of us.
rr
[The following post is by TDV editor-in-chief, Jeff Berwick.]
As I write this, the European Union has just announced a possible $15b aid package to the Ukraine (including 8 billion euros in fresh credit). Everybody has read the headlines about Europe: record unemployment, no end in sight, and so on. So you might be wondering just where the European Union, and its' constituent nations, scrapped together the money to propose aid for the Ukraine. Well, wonder no more, because the following eight events might give you an idea of where governments go to get a little extra cash.
1. In March, 2009, Ireland seized