CNBC - Congress "nutters" risk global finance: UK minister

[OmahaBlueDog]

LONDON - Right-wing "nutters" in the United States Congress holding up a deal to prevent a catastrophic debt default are a greater risk to the global financial system than problems in the euro zone, a British minister said Sunday.

Business Secretary Vince Cable said "irresponsible" people who had been gleefully anticipating the collapse of the euro currency had been confounded after European leaders agreed a second rescue package for debt-stricken Greece last week.

"The irony of the situation at the moment, with markets opening tomorrow morning, is that the biggest threat to the world financial system comes from a few right-wing nutters in the American congress rather than the euro zone," he told BBC television.

Cable, a former economist known for speaking his mind, has previously denounced bankers as "spivs and gamblers."

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[sudopod]

1. Yeah, that's pretty much the story in a nutshell. nt

[glinda]

2. So pleeeze invade already and arrest them!