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To: bert

Wow, you must be smoking some STRONG s#it. STRONG.

Germany Unleashed Half-Trillion Dollar ‘Energy Bazooka’ To Keep Lights On

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/germany-unleashed-half-trillion-dollar-energy-bazooka-keep-lights

Western sanctions on Moscow have backfired, failed to paralyze Russia’s economy, and ultimately sparked financial pain for ordinary Europeans and the largest economy in the block.

>>>> !!! >>>According to Reuters calculations, Germany has hemorrhaged cash to the tune of 440 billion euros ($465 billion) in energy bailouts and schemes, as well as keeping energy supplies flowing while it lost access to inexpensive natural gas from its leading supplier Russia in 2022. <<< !!! <<<<

“How severe this crisis will be and how long it will last greatly depends on how the energy crisis will develop,” said Michael Groemling at the German Economic Institute (IW). He added: “The national economy as a whole is facing a huge loss of wealth.”

Reuters said the “cumulative scale” of energy bailouts and other schemes employed by Berlin equates to 1.5 billion euros per day since Russia invaded Ukraine, or about 12% of national economic output, or 5,400 euros for each German.

Germany has shown Europe how backfiring sanctions ruin its country’s finances and send millions of its citizens crashing into energy poverty overnight. These anti-Russian measures have caused soaring electricity and NatGas prices and elevated risks of entering a recession in 2023.
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11 posted on 12/16/2022 5:18:07 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

“Wow, you must be smoking some STRONG s#it. STRONG.”

Wow, I didn’t think anyone could top Bozo and Mom, but here he is!!!


21 posted on 12/16/2022 5:58:11 AM PST by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Latvia: 14 degrees, brrrr!)
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