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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-11 01:59 PM
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Disaster Capitalism? Italy's new PM is an advisor to Goldman Sachs!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Monti

Mario Monti (Italian pronunciation: <ˈmaːrjo ˈmonti>; born 19 March 1943) is an Italian economist and politician. He served as a European Commissioner from 1995 to 2004, with responsibility for the Internal Market, Services, Customs and Taxation from 1995 to 1999 and then for Competition from 1999 to 2004. He has also been Rector and President of Bocconi University. Since November 2011, he has been a Senator for Life in the Italian Senate, and he has been asked to lead a new government in Italy after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's resignation.<1>

Monti is an international adviser to Goldman Sachs and The Coca-Cola Company.<9>

http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/bef2009/speakers/mario-monti/index.html
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-11 02:02 PM
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1. Where money Rules, we would expect those in power
to be connected to financiers.

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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-11 02:07 PM
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2. Greece's new PM, Lucas Papademos, is a former ECB VP.
Apparently now, even politicians are becoming obsolete as they take the reins of power.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-11 02:07 PM
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3. If that's the case, why isn't he in Obama's cabinet?
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tech3149 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-11 03:15 PM
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4. It's still just the revolving door
Make millions or billions in the private sector then move over to government to make sure you can make even more when you move back.
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