Kyle Bass Thinks The Idea Of A 'Solution' To Eurozone Problems Is Ridiculous

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Kyle Bass practically cracks up when an interviewer asks him about Germany "resolving the problems within Europe."

Bass responds, putting emphasis on each reference to "resolution":

"The only way to quote resolve any problems in Europe is to have massive debt restructuring...

One of the things we've said in our office recently is you know how screwed up Europe is when you have a German pope and an Italian central banker. We have a scenario today in which debt has grown globally in the last nine years from $80 trillion to $210 trillion. Global credit market debt has grown at 12% a year for the last nine years, while global GDP has grown at 4. We're in a scenario where the PIIGS have sailed into a zone of insolvency. When you sail into the zone of insolvency there is no quote solution for you. The bill is due and you have to pay the pill. What has to happen is it is of our opinion that these debts have to be written down, it's that simple.

Basically you're saying if Germany goes joint and severally liable with the profligate idiots of southern Europe will that quote solve the scenario? Think about this. Let's assume Germany goes to doing a eurobond and Germany takes on these... first of all German constitutional court has already ruled that that's illegal in Germany, but let's assume that they get over that and they go ahead and issue this bond. What would that do for the profligate members including Greece when Greece says, "OK we're all in, we're good, you're lending us more money, we have a big debt problem and you're lending us some more and now we can borrow a little cheaper," and then Greece keeps spending, and they go back to Germany and say, "OK Germany I need some more money." Germany says, "No, we're going to impose this real austerity on you now." Greece says, "Fine, we'll default." Every single time from now on Germany is in the exact situation it's in today. We call it in Texas a Mexican Standoff, meaning there's no winner. The profligate members will always have Germany by the short hairs every time this scenario comes up. So I disagree. I don't think that Germany will end up going all in. It would not be to the benefit of Germany to do so in the long run. Let me ask you this question: How many of your relatives would you go joint and severally liable with?

Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-20/markets/30421352_1_german-constitutional-court-piigs-greece#ixzz1eQEheJkM

Here is the entire interview:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/kyle-bass-un-edited-buying-gold-just-buying-put-against-idiocy-political-cycle-its-simple

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1. Ain't it the truth!

Of course, the reverse would be equally tragic....