Support your bankster bullies

Wasn't there a thread about congratulating the Greek people for voting an extreme left wing government in.

Looks like it wasn't so great an idea.

Since none of the contributors so far have addressed the post I surmise they have difficulty analysing propositions and intelligently responding to them. The offence of deception and aid and abet deception to obtain pecuniary advantage have been committed by Goldman Sachs and the corrupt Greek politicians. Before the Greek entry into the euro was approved Goldman Sachs took German and Dutch bank liabilities (loans that had been approved previously to purchase Dutch and German defence equipment) off the national balance sheet that was presented for approval to the EU. The Greek politicians involved increased their Swiss bank accounts and Goldman Sachs (headed by Mario Dragi) walked away with a fat commission. How can anyone who believes in the rule of law support the demonisation of the victims of yet another financial scam?

Since none of the contributors so far have addressed the post I surmise they have difficulty analysing propositions and intelligently responding to them. The offence of deception and aid and abet deception to obtain pecuniary advantage have been committed by Goldman Sachs and the corrupt Greek politicians. Before the Greek entry into the euro was approved Goldman Sachs took German and Dutch bank liabilities (loans that had been approved previously to purchase Dutch and German defence equipment) off the national balance sheet that was presented for approval to the EU. The Greek politicians involved increased their Swiss bank accounts and Goldman Sachs (headed by Mario Dragi) walked away with a fat commission. How can anyone who believes in the rule of law support the demonisation of the victims of yet another financial scam?

Posting more incoherent ramblings isn't helping to explain.

Are you upset that the Greek government borrowed beyond its means and your upset it has to pay back the money?

Part of this problem may be caused by the fact that when a global investment bank does something dodgy concerning a large European country's finances, the exercise of apportioning blame becomes more complex than our laws may have been designed to deal with. It's unquestionable, I think, that Goldman has blood on its hands with respect to Greece's entry to the Euro, but whether anything criminal has been done is a question that nobody on here is likely to be able to answer accurately.

Another part of the problem is that there is a revolving door between global investment banks, regulators and central banks. The SEC in the States, for example, has been very slow to crack down on Wall St banks and similar firms. Part of the reason for that is that many employees at the SEC plan fully on jumping ship to earn megabucks at a financial institution one day. Same story in Washington DC.

So corruption rules OK - say no more.

Bent Greek politicians borrowed the money not the Greek people they should be held to account not the people.

Bent Greek politicians borrowed the money not the Greek people they should be held to account not the people.