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In reply to the discussion: Iceland Was Right, We Were Wrong: The IMF [View all]caveat_imperator
(193 posts)30. "The upper class will just hoard most of the wealth."
Yup. Even when I was still in school I noticed that if more money that was in circulation went to the uber-rich they'd rather sew bigger pockets in every bit of clothing they had rather than let any of it go back to anyone not as wealthy as them.
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Don't worry, the corps and the banks are dumping huge amounts of "anti-contagion" into washington
Javaman
Dec 2012
#34
“an imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all Republics,”
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#6
Do "Statute of Limitations" come from monolithic laws of nature, some deity, or an E.T.?
Larry Ogg
Dec 2012
#32
probably wriiten in the law they are past any limit or like Bush/Cheney, it's law they are immune.
Sunlei
Dec 2012
#44
But doing it the austerity way, don't a handful of very, very rich people get richer?
valerief
Dec 2012
#10
Iceland gave them what was left over -- *snicker* -- after the people were given their money back.
pacalo
Dec 2012
#46
I posted the same things back in 2010 and was belittled for being "naive"
Drew Richards
Dec 2012
#16
Hmmm. Actually Iceland's banks were being used for deregulated speculation
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#24
Read "The Shock Doctrine" - Naomi Klein. It's all in there in, described in detail. Why do we still
alberg
Dec 2012
#23
Iceland also canceled EVERY bank home forclosure and gave the homes back to the citizens.
Sunlei
Dec 2012
#40