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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:35 AM Original message |
Italy may become the new “I” in PIGS |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. PIGS (or PIIGS) is an offensive acronym. I suggest GIPSI. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That'd certainly hit Berlusconi right where he lives |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. US national debt per capita: $45,097 |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Compare the income per capita too, please. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. i keep hearing mention of "the nations assets" when speaking of... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Precisely -- our freeways, our utilities, our water, our air space, our deserts. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Italy has a weaker economy than ours, historically a slower growth rate and lower per capita income |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. Im starting to think the wealthy bond traders |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The problem with your theory is that others would then buy the bonds that the |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. They would have a financial incentive to do so. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Berlesconi ran that country into the ground |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And Berlusconi's friend Bush ran us into the ground. |
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Cereal Kyller (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. You mean PIGSU |
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