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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:47 AM May 2013

Don't be fooled. It was bank borrowing that caused the debt crisis, not consumer borrowing.

The financial sector, having burned down the economy, tried to plant the box of used matches in the hands of the public. Ordinary Britons were fingered as a major cause of the crisis due to accepting a rush of cheap credit they couldn't afford.

They glossed over the fact that the banks and building societies were the pushers of the cheap credit. And they also omitted to point out that actually it was overwhelmingly the banks - not the consumers nor the non-financial businesses - that went on a borrowing frenzy.

Why did the banks borrow so much? "Casino banking" is intended to be derogatory, but bankers probably don't realise they are supposed to feel insulted - as it couldn't be closer to the truth. Idiot sons for hundreds of years have been gambling away their family fortunes - relying on indulgent parents to bail them out. Cunning bankers have been gambling the nations money in the same way - knowing that indulgent politicians would bail them out using the taxpayer's money.



MORE good info:
http://www.blog.rippedoffbritons.com/2012/03/who-was-irrational-borrower-that.html

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Don't be fooled. It was bank borrowing that caused the debt crisis, not consumer borrowing. (Original Post) kpete May 2013 OP
Exactly, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2013 #1
no shit. KG May 2013 #2
That, in and of itself.... Whiskeytide May 2013 #5
The public needs to be reminded of this header every waking day of their lives. Segami May 2013 #3
That which gets rewarded gets repeated. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #4
When the government refuses to enforce the law or even discuss the crimes, Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #6
but they did cojoel May 2013 #7

Whiskeytide

(4,459 posts)
5. That, in and of itself....
Reply to KG (Reply #2)
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:56 AM
May 2013

.... is the most unbelievable aspect of the whole clusterf*ck. And, because its such a simple concept and so contrary to common sense, any financial professional that says he/she didn't realize that a collapse was coming is full of shit!



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Segami

(14,923 posts)
3. The public needs to be reminded of this header every waking day of their lives.
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:51 AM
May 2013

CasinoBankers = Republicans

 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
6. When the government refuses to enforce the law or even discuss the crimes,
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:58 AM
May 2013

it follows that most of the average suckers are going to accept whatever they are told by those that own the microphone.

cojoel

(952 posts)
7. but they did
Fri May 31, 2013, 12:05 PM
May 2013

But they did use all that money to gamble on all those household loans, and if they hadn't gone bad then those bets would have come in and everything would have been fine....

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