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To: John Semmens; beethovenfan; spokeshave; FlingWingFlyer; Quix; Alamo-Girl; M. Espinola; ...

*Ping* !

2 posted on 06/20/2012 11:04:28 AM PDT by ex-Texan (Ecclesiastes 5:10 - 20)

To: ex-Texan

corrupt bankers own all or almost all the politicians. That is why the correct term is "Banksters" not bankers

Good point.

4 posted on 06/20/2012 11:08:28 AM PDT by Age of Reason

To: ex-Texan

The government in Madrid was forced to pay prohibitively high interest rates to borrow money on another bruising day for the single currency bloc.

Uh-huh. OMG 7%!!! I guess many factors come into play, but here's a graph of interest rates for 10 year German Bunds since 1972 for reference:

20 posted on 06/20/2012 12:26:41 PM PDT by Moltke (Always retaliate first.)

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