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So… in the last few months we’ve discovered… EU political leaders were on the dole during the boom times often receiving bribes and then hiding the money via tax evasion schemes. EU political leaders feel it’s acceptable to throw out issues like personal property rights and Democracy during the bust times. EU political leaders are so corrupt they don’t even deny their crimes. When push comes to shove, EU leaders won’t hesitate to STEAL citizens’ money to bail out their banker friends.

Southern Europe Permanently Crippled, The Only Tool Left Is Hyper Inflation Economics / HyperInflation Jan 20, 2012 - 11:24 AM By: Jim Willie CB Any perusal around the world these days features Southern Europe crippled, preparing for the inevitable Greek Govt Bond default. It features a crippled US housing market, a mockery of statistical accounting in the US Gross Domestic Product, the plight of the COMEX with established veterans clearing out desks (not trading), the extreme physical demand reported by the London Trader, and the indictment of the SLV iTrust Silver Fund tool used by the cartel. The survey does...

ROME — With political turmoil still plaguing Greece and descending upon the much larger economy of Italy, the fate of the euro and market stability worldwide hinged Tuesday on whether two of Europe’s most tangled and unresponsive political cultures could deal with their tightening fiscal gridlock. The prospect of a new transitional, technocratic government in Greece, and signs that Silvio Berlusconi’s resilient hold on power in Italy was weakening in advance of a crucial parliamentary vote on Tuesday, did little to reassure investors that either country was prepared to grapple with the deep structural changes that investors are demanding to...