{"id":34160,"date":"2011-06-21T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T02:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=34160"},"modified":"2011-06-21T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T02:51:22","slug":"why-do-bankers-face-no-repercussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=34160","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Bankers Face No Repercussions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve heard about all the austerity getting carried out in Greece? Well, not one public servant has been laid off in Greece<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It’s austerity for the private sector, but not for the government unions.<\/p>\n

Sounds like California. <\/p>\n

So far it sounds like this French and German bailout for Greece is really a bailout for French and German banks who were stupid enough to lend money to Greece.<\/p>\n

Greece is only two percent of Europe’s economy so why does it matter if Greece defaults on its loans?<\/p>\n

On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “Greece is not facing up to the origins of its problems.”<\/p>\n

“I have some sympathy for the left in its antipathy to bankers. You know why bankers made bets on Greece? I don’t know on what basis.”<\/p>\n

“There is no industry that I am aware of in which there is so little justice. There is no repercussion for what you do.”<\/p>\n

“I’ve been broadcasting for 28 years. Every few years, I deliver the same sermon. Why are bankers not responsible people? Remember the loans they gave Latin America and how much crashed there?<\/p>\n

“Why? Because it is very sexy to give loans. I don’t they asked if it is a wise move to lend Greece a lot of money.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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