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superpatriotman

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3. Awesome article!

Reply to RegieRocker (Original post)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 09:44 PM

Aug 2012

Go, Iceland!

Parasites in jail.

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Iceland Was Right, We Were Wrong: The IMF [View all] RegieRocker Aug 2012 OP

Plutarch was SO communist! Gabi Hayes Aug 2012 #1

Max pretty much nails it pbmus Aug 2012 #2

welcome to DU and thanks for the video rurallib Aug 2012 #30

Awesome article! superpatriotman Aug 2012 #3

Iceland basically told the Banksters...... Pharaoh Aug 2012 #4

Of course, this will be ignored by the countries who ANewEra Aug 2012 #5

Welcome the new "Grand Bargain," woo me with science Aug 2012 #6

We should've followed Iceland's lead. Selatius Aug 2012 #7

Should have Nationalized the whole lot of them. . . n/t annabanana Aug 2012 #19

Precisely Sherman A1 Aug 2012 #34

Ding, ding, ding. Thread winner!! Scuba Aug 2012 #37

+1000 Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #62

re:celand Was Right, We Were Wrong: The IMF allan01 Aug 2012 #8

K & R malaise Aug 2012 #9

K&R. nt OnyxCollie Aug 2012 #10

And how many people were screaming that bailing out these parasites without extracting huge Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #11

I don't agree with creating conditions for a run on the banks cprise Aug 2012 #12

Obvious where your RegieRocker Aug 2012 #13

Our society had already shifted the entire social contract cprise Aug 2012 #45

I do not believe that the world would have ended had there been a reasonable bank and market amandabeech Aug 2012 #61

The 2008 crisis is far from over tama Aug 2012 #31

I don't identify with the parasite class cprise Aug 2012 #46

Do I wish for a repeat of 1929? tama Aug 2012 #48

We may well have a repeat of 1929 yet -- and it will be far more painful JDPriestly Aug 2012 #51

Assisting responsible homeowners with their house payments wouldn't have created a run on the banks Blanks Aug 2012 #44

I completely agree cprise Aug 2012 #47

I know what you mean. Blanks Aug 2012 #64

Great post. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #52

Brazil also told the IMF to take a running jump Ian62 Aug 2012 #14

Woot! Great article, and good for Iceland. nt. polly7 Aug 2012 #15

Here's my attitude to the banksters hobbit709 Aug 2012 #16

Thank Gawd It Passed.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #17

GODDAM IT... NOW HOW DO YOU FUCKERS MAKE IT RIGHT? annabanana Aug 2012 #18

Where's the Bankster Defense team? marmar Aug 2012 #20

Probably at the annual Third Way Anti-Social Justice Movement convention on K St. Zorra Aug 2012 #25

Ther're prolly infesting DK, for the moment anyway ozsea1 Aug 2012 #43

Did you know Iceland hired Bounty Hunters to hunt down Banksters? Coexist Aug 2012 #21

While I wholeheartedly agree with the article hughee99 Aug 2012 #22

There are voices from IMF tama Aug 2012 #28

But I didn't actually see those quotes in the article anywhere. n/t hughee99 Aug 2012 #33

Perhaps these tama Aug 2012 #35

Different article. hughee99 Aug 2012 #38

That's why tama Aug 2012 #40

Here's a press release from the IMF site in October 2011 Moosepoop Aug 2012 #42

Excellent article. *sigh*...People before Parasites. Occupy Wall St. Zorra Aug 2012 #23

Are there any books about this situation? AllyCat Aug 2012 #24

I can't help with books Hydra Aug 2012 #39

Economic rape of Europe tama Aug 2012 #26

K&R! bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 #27

Apparently it's a lesson ... 99Forever Aug 2012 #29

New constitution of Iceland tama Aug 2012 #32

Even more precisely, Iceland was wrong.. like us.. FIRSt, then fixed it. progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #36

Kicked and strongly recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2012 #41

+ 1,000,000,000... K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #49

Capitalism means "let failures fail". Banks, in this case. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #50

So when the economy crashes again abelenkpe Aug 2012 #53

Well, Iceland is a tiny country. Smaller than some of our states. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #54

Wouldn't that make them weaker than us to fend off the bankers? MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #55

Waking up won't help. All that's in the past. The banks were helped. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #56

Well, I suspect that it will be back again in a few months. MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #58

No. You will not live long enough to see the likes of that again. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #65

I hope you're right MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #66

As I recall, no one said a meltdown was impossible, because no one saw it coming. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #67

The need for a banking system is not the same as the need for the current cast or SOP TheKentuckian Aug 2012 #57

Cool! Oilwellian Aug 2012 #59

Kick woo me with science Aug 2012 #60

kick woo me with science Aug 2012 #63