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Egalitarian Thug

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35. K&R for an important thread that actually matters to all our lives. n/t

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:21 PM

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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