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Debt crisis: while Rome burns, the eurozone fiddles
The Telegraph ^ | 11/9/2011 | Robert Winnett

Posted on 11/09/2011 4:16:54 PM PST by bruinbirdman

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1 posted on 11/09/2011 4:16:55 PM PST by bruinbirdman
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And so does America.


2 posted on 11/09/2011 4:23:44 PM PST by mulligan
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DELONG: It Is 1931. We Are Austria. If The Fed Doesn't Save Us Here Comes Another Great Depression...
3 posted on 11/09/2011 4:29:46 PM PST by blam
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Euro is toast.

Only Germany could possibly bail out Italy.

However, that's the limit of their resources. Even that would cause political revolution in Germany and eventually cause a wholesale change of government.

France has their OWN debt problems emerging and can only save themselves, if that.

4 posted on 11/09/2011 4:46:25 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Hi Blam

Seems we're still tracking toward deflation and widespread sovereign default eh?

The Fed will NOT buy Euro bonds on a widespread basis. It would be PERSONAL suicide for them...and every member of Congress that failed to vote for a dissolution of the Fed as a result.

This train is going to crash. Slow motion crash.

5 posted on 11/09/2011 4:51:25 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Man, betting on deflation was the best bet ever!

Glad I got out of debt!


6 posted on 11/09/2011 5:02:21 PM PST by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
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Why can’t a government declare bankruptcy? I assume it’s because of the dominos that would start falling. But what happens when the money runs out, to all the people depending on government checks?


7 posted on 11/09/2011 5:07:43 PM PST by Terry Mross (Where is the OPPOSITION party? I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: Mariner
"Seems we're still tracking toward deflation and widespread sovereign default eh? "

Yup. Slow motion. (No way back from here)

Gold, $1,200.00 by the end of the year, eh?

8 posted on 11/09/2011 5:10:37 PM PST by blam
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"But what happens when the money runs out, to all the people depending on government checks? "

They come to live with you and the people who stole their money.
(Try to look like you don't have anything.)

9 posted on 11/09/2011 5:14:50 PM PST by blam
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Italy just looking for a “ Hair Cut:” like Greece. Want the people to forgive 50% of their debt.


10 posted on 11/09/2011 5:15:51 PM PST by BooBoo1000 ("Think for yourself")
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To: blam

That will be easy.


11 posted on 11/09/2011 5:16:44 PM PST by Terry Mross (Where is the OPPOSITION party? I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: bruinbirdman

Part of the deal with Greece was that Italy won’t be bailed out with free money, not that it would be possible. Maybe northern Europeans should consider building some fences.

Aside from the distractions, our own US debt situation is probably terminal, too. There will be repudiations.


12 posted on 11/09/2011 5:31:40 PM PST by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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"US debt situation is probably terminal, too"

Nothing a decade of double digit inflation won't solve.

yitbos

13 posted on 11/09/2011 5:46:36 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks bruinbirdman.
Italy on Wednesday became the first major economy to require an international bail-out as its debts hit "totally unsustainable levels",

14 posted on 11/09/2011 5:59:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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15 posted on 11/09/2011 5:59:55 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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Yes, or repudiation and rebuilding.

Little off-topic but maybe of interest.

German Air Force In Training for Iran Strike
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2805083/posts


16 posted on 11/09/2011 6:01:13 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in a noisy avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the earth.)
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To: familyop

Not a chance. It would be nice, but there’s no way.

The next big thing for NATO will be in Syria — or will be calisthenics, or a big card game tourney in their barracks.


17 posted on 11/09/2011 6:07:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: bruinbirdman; Farmer Dean
By The Way: Hong Kong Is Getting Crushed Tonight


18 posted on 11/09/2011 6:15:01 PM PST by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks. Your guess may be better than mine. If that’s true, we’re footing nearly the whole bill. Hopefully, we’ll cut back on funds to Europe and other imbalances, if that’s the case.


19 posted on 11/09/2011 6:40:09 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in a noisy avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the earth.)
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To: familyop

Don’t expect logic and reason to rule the day.I think the plan is to burn out this country’s finances ASAP.All part of Obama and friends vision of a new world.


20 posted on 11/09/2011 6:49:07 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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