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IMF approves $17.5 billion loan program for Ukraine
REUTERS ^ | Mar 11, 2015

Posted on 03/11/2015 12:33:15 PM PDT by McGruff

The International Monetary Fund's board signed off on a $17.5 billion four-year aid program for Ukraine on Wednesday, the second attempt in less than a year to pull the country's economy back from the brink of bankruptcy.

The program includes an immediate payment of $5 billion for general budget support to help stabilize Ukraine's listing economy.

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Glad it's not my money they're throwing away.
1 posted on 03/11/2015 12:33:15 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff
I guess you're being sarcastic...but if not...

Guess what...It is. The US is the big funder for the IMF.

2 posted on 03/11/2015 12:35:53 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

How many Jobs for Jihadists could this “loan” have created?


3 posted on 03/11/2015 12:41:01 PM PDT by McGruff (Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.)
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To: McGruff

If the Ukrainians thought living under the Soviet boot was bad, wait until they become enslaved to the banksters. I say that with tongue in check, but only partially. Kiev will be saddled with a crushing debt that it will never repay, and will forfeit its rich natural resources in the end. They should ask the Greeks how it is working for them.


4 posted on 03/11/2015 1:38:10 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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