Greek Bank Greed Spares the Politicians and the Rich

Andy Dabilis

The late American industrialist J. Paul Getty, once the world’s richest man, knew how to deal with banks. “If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem,” he said. “If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem,” he added. If political parties owe Greek banks 235 million euro, or $289.67 million, that’s the Greek taxpayer’s problem, b

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July 12, 2012