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John Rubino – Greece is No Longer a Country, It’s a Brand
from Financial Survival Network
John Rubino writes, “This story isn’t actually about Greece, but it begins there.
After the country went functionally bankrupt a few years ago, the solutions proposed by its creditors (mostly European banks and governments) included the impoverishment of its current citizens through cutbacks in wages and pensions, the impoverishment of its future citizens through the borrowing of even more money from the IMF and European Central Bank, and the sale of major state-owned assets to foreign companies to raise cash with which to make upcoming loan payments.
Greek voters, not surprisingly, responded by electing socialists who promised not to do any of those things. But apparently this didn’t work. Newsweek reports that the privatization program, after a brief pause, is back in high gear…”
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Source: http://silveristhenew.com/2015/05/27/john-rubino-greece-is-no-longer-a-country-its-a-brand/
