noted. 05/17/2012

• I cite: Cardboard Protesters Take Berlin by the News DeskThe Occupied Wall Street Journal

  tags: austerity germany europe

  • Deutsche Bank was heavily involved in bringing about the financial crisis, knowingly selling subprime mortgage-backed securities that its own analysts described as “crap.”  Although the German bank received $11.8 billion in bailout funds, European governments insist that the costs of the financial crisis be paid for by working people as part of the hugely unpopular austerity programs.

     

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