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Warpy

(111,571 posts)
1. Jebus! Now the rest of their economy is going to fall apart
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 05:36 AM
Jan 2013

and they'll be damned lucky to avoid another revolution.

Austerity does not work, has not worked, will never work.

I wish a government besides Iceland's would stand up to the bankers and the wealthy and jail the ones who engaged in fraud, nationalize the banks, raise taxes on people who can afford it, and keep people working.

Iceland did that in late 2008 and they're are in recovery now. That's about the only country in the world that is in recovery.

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