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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 05:30 PM
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12. kick and rec
Thanks for posting this. I'd forgotten about Iceland's situation in the banking crisis. DIdn't realize it continued so bad for them.
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  -Iceland, formerly a very wealthy nation, is now bankrupt. BBC tells personal stories. antimatter98  Nov-27-08 11:44 AM   #0 
  - Man, what a sad report.  Elwood P Dowd   Nov-27-08 12:12 PM   #1 
  - Kicked and recommended for others to hear.  OhioBlues   Nov-27-08 02:05 PM   #2 
  - K & R  Doremus   Nov-27-08 03:56 PM   #3 
  - I've been there, and it is ...  jbane   Nov-27-08 04:01 PM   #4 
  - I am listening to this now. Horrible situation.  Neshanic   Nov-27-08 04:02 PM   #5 
  - Why are Iceland and the UK not on good terms?  Doremus   Nov-27-08 04:08 PM   #6 
  - Bad investments  ovidsen   Nov-27-08 04:29 PM   #7 
  - I believe is was over the Euro and joining the EU  OhioBlues   Nov-27-08 04:29 PM   #8 
  - Greed on the part of local councils, private savers, and others who put their money into Icelandic  WritersBlock   Nov-27-08 05:06 PM   #9 
  - Just to reaffirm what WritersBlock said...  yibbehobba   Nov-27-08 05:35 PM   #15 
  - Don't think when the UK used some obscure terrorism law to take Iceland's assets went over very well  NNN0LHI   Nov-27-08 05:58 PM   #18 
  - This is their chance to socialize their economy. But they probably won't be that smart.  bean fidhleir   Nov-27-08 05:15 PM   #10 
  - they already had a socialist economy  pitohui   Nov-27-08 05:35 PM   #14 
  - "what happened?"  bean fidhleir   Nov-28-08 01:54 PM   #24 
  - "what happened?"  bean fidhleir   Nov-28-08 01:54 PM   #25 
  - What you describe is NOT "Socialism".  bvar22   Nov-27-08 09:36 PM   #21 
     - You might be right.  bean fidhleir   Nov-28-08 12:38 AM   #23 
  - They were living off the Japanese carry trade. They need to diversify.  Joanne98   Nov-27-08 05:25 PM   #11 
  - kick and rec  Liberal_in_LA   Nov-27-08 05:30 PM   #12 
  - Milton Friedmans last experiment.  Blarch   Nov-27-08 05:30 PM   #13 
  - was it that long ago?  pitohui   Nov-27-08 05:37 PM   #17 
  - Ireland: Headed for a similiar fate as Iceland?  Liberal_in_LA   Nov-27-08 05:37 PM   #16 
  - Wait til next year, America will be in the same situation.  wartrace   Nov-27-08 06:08 PM   #19 
  - ttt  Blue_Tires   Nov-27-08 08:16 PM   #20 
  - k  crispini   Nov-27-08 11:34 PM   #22 
 

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