Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

US to help bailout Europe! OUTRAGE!

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » Topic Forums » Economy Donate to DU
 
Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 10:40 AM
Original message
US to help bailout Europe! OUTRAGE!
A "Who Is Who" Of Countries About To Fund The IMF's Bail Out Of Europe

When back in April we wrote about the huge expansion in the IMF's New Arrangement to Borrow (NAB) multilateral facility (which was expanded from $50 billion to over $550 billion), one of our observations was that "Funny money will galore. At this point nobody will allow anyone or anything to fail." And since all of Europe is about to be bailed out by the now insolvent ECB and the still somewhat solvent IMF, it strikes us as an opportune time to recall just who will bear the cost of this pan-European rescue. Surely, by now even idiots realize since the ECB is bailing out Europe, it is really bailing out itself, in a process described beautifully by Sean Corrigan recently, and any incremental money coming from ECB member countries will really go to themselves, and therefore its "new capital" contribution can be completely ignored. The same thing goes for European member countries of the IMF: that Ireland has pledged $2.9 billion to the IMF's NAB (not to mention Spain's $10.3 billion and Portugal's $3.4 billion) is late night comedy circuit fodder. Which is why it is not at all surprising that new capital will come from the US, Japan and China, in that order: the trio is about to spend over $250 billion (and soon much more) to rescue Club Med, as the Ponzi unwind shifts into a higher gear.

New, incremental sources of capital have been conveniently highlighted in the table below which lists the NAB participants and amounts pledged.

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/who-who-listing-countries-will-fund-imfs-bail-out-europe
Refresh | +10 Recommendations Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 10:48 AM
Response to Original message
1. I'm having a hard time giving a flying fuck
what we do to bail out more fucking crooks. People here are suffering, stressing if they will make it to their next paycheck and the government does more of this shit. I think I'm out of outrage.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 10:53 AM
Response to Original message
2. I can't work out if your capitalised 'outrage!' is sarcastic or not. Please clarify (nt)
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 12:13 PM
Response to Original message
3. Recommend
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 12:26 PM
Response to Original message
4. What! Don't we want to fund their college tuition, health care and retirement benefits?
Aren't we thrilled when they protest over their cuts in services and demand they keep all their comforts?

Why shouldn't we fund them?
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 11:26 PM
Response to Reply #4
7. You think the money is going to fund social welfare?
I've got some news for you.

When the IMF talks about "bailing out Europe", what they are really talking about is bailing out a few French and (mostly) German banks that speculated in the global real estate and asset bubbles. The loans that the IMF will give Europe to bail out the banks will have to be paid back, with interest, by the workers who you so snidely insult for protesting against this sham.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
tama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 06:53 PM
Response to Original message
5. who is who?
Pouring oil on nationalistic flames (oldest divide and conquer trick) is boring.

What really is happening that the ordinary little people - in Irish etc. case especially EU citizens - are forced to give their money to banks and banksters. Including and especially the Great Sauron, Goldman Sachs, which is a top debtor of Anglo Irish Bank that Irish state is bailing out and now rest of EU bailing out Irish state:

http://golemxiv-credo.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-are-bond-holders-we-are-bailing-out.html

It all boils down to banks robbing people and nature with aid of states. Everywhere. Ban banks, at least and to begin with the private ones creating money out of thin air and taking interest on thin air.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 01:21 PM
Response to Original message
6. The US can't bail itself out let alone bail anyone else.
Things get crazier by the day.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov 13th 2024, 01:16 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Topic Forums » Economy Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC