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Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:55 am
by kalm
Three charts that show Iceland's economy recovered after it imprisoned bankers and let banks go bust - instead of bailing them out
This year, Iceland will become the first European country that hit crisis in 2008 to beat its pre-crisis peak of economic output.
With the reduction of capital controls – tempered by the 39 per cent tax – it continues to make progress.
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Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:04 am
by 93henfan
Start with the credit union execs!
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:20 am
by houndawg
93henfan wrote:Start with the credit union execs!
throw them on a pyre of burning bank VPs...
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:52 pm
by BDKJMU
The major US banks repaid the taxpayer + interest.
http://projects.propublica.org/bailout/list/index" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And the bailouts prevented a major economic meltdown that would have made the great recession a truly great depression. With that being said, it also kicked the can down the road. It did nothing to get rid of too big to fail, and will give us more recessions, more bailouts, and more exploding deficits and national debt down the road that could eventually lead to a true economic collapse with a decades long generational long reset.
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 5:45 pm
by kalm
BDKJMU wrote:The major US banks repaid the taxpayer + interest.
http://projects.propublica.org/bailout/list/index" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And the bailouts prevented a major economic meltdown that would have made the great recession a truly great depression. With that being said, it also kicked the can down the road. It did nothing to get rid of too big to fail, and will give us more recessions, more bailouts, and more exploding deficits and national debt down the road that could eventually lead to a true economic collapse with a decades long generational long reset.
We are almost in a decades long, generational long, reset.
Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:05 pm
by andy7171
Only people in Montana and The Palouse(whateverthatis) think Iceland is paradise. I saw River Monsters there. Fuckers have to dry out their fish for 18 months to get rid of the urine flavor and aroma. WTF!?!
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:10 pm
by 93henfan
andy7171 wrote:Only people in Montana and The Palouse(whateverthatis) think Iceland is paradise. I saw River Monsters there. Fuckers have to dry out their fish for 18 months to get rid of the urine flavor and aroma. WTF!?!
What the hell are you talking about, Andy?!?
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:49 pm
by andy7171
People in Iceland willingly chose to eat piss flavored fish! And Kalmy wants to be like them.
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:20 am
by houndawg
andy7171 wrote:Only people in Montana and The Palouse(whateverthatis) think Iceland is paradise. I saw River Monsters there. **** have to dry out their fish for 18 months to get rid of the urine flavor and aroma. WTF!?!
You might want to have your doctor adjust the dosage....
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:20 am
by houndawg
BDKJMU wrote:The major US banks repaid the taxpayer + interest.
http://projects.propublica.org/bailout/list/index" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And the bailouts prevented a major economic meltdown that would have made the great recession a truly great depression. With that being said, it also kicked the can down the road. It did nothing to get rid of too big to fail, and will give us more recessions, more bailouts, and more exploding deficits and national debt down the road that could eventually lead to a true economic collapse with a decades long generational long reset.
The costs are passed on to the customers.
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:27 am
by Grizalltheway
houndawg wrote:BDKJMU wrote:The major US banks repaid the taxpayer + interest.
http://projects.propublica.org/bailout/list/index" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And the bailouts prevented a major economic meltdown that would have made the great recession a truly great depression. With that being said, it also kicked the can down the road. It did nothing to get rid of too big to fail, and will give us more recessions, more bailouts, and more exploding deficits and national debt down the road that could eventually lead to a true economic collapse with a decades long generational long reset.
The costs are passed on to the customers.
Why do you hate capitalism?
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:29 am
by BDKJMU
Grizalltheway wrote:houndawg wrote:
The costs are passed on to the customers.
Why do you hate capitalism?
Are you'all for ending the type of govt bailouts we had in 08'-09'?
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:50 am
by Grizalltheway
BDKJMU wrote:Grizalltheway wrote:
Why do you hate capitalism?
Are you'all for ending the type of govt bailouts we had in 08'-09'?
I'd prefer to have regulation that minimalizes the chances of needing bailouts in the first place. The Canadian model would be a good place to start...
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:17 pm
by 89Hen
Such a cute story Kalm.
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:38 am
by SuperHornet
93henfan wrote:Start with the credit union execs!
You leave AZ alone.
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:34 am
by 89Hen
Iceland now leading the way in eliminating Down Syndrome! Just kill all the people with it.
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:38 am
by CAA Flagship
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:50 am
by ALPHAGRIZ1
This story really brings me down........
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Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:00 pm
by Col Hogan
89Hen wrote:Iceland now leading the way in eliminating Down Syndrome! Just kill all the people with it.
Totally false headline from CBS...ICELAND is not eliminating Downs Syndrome...
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:14 pm
by GannonFan
It's like a news cycle out of the 1940's - we have eugenics being practiced wholeheartedly in Iceland, Nazis are back, we have a ongoing Red Scare from the scary Russians who are out to get us, nuclear war is going to end the world, and there's a rising Asian power (China) this time threatening us in the Pacific. The more news changes the more it stays the same.
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 2:30 pm
by CID1990
Here CBS let me fix your headline for you
"Iceland is on pace to virtually eliminate children with Down's Syndrome through abortion."
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 2:38 pm
by CID1990
BTW if there is a western economy more in thrall to the economies of the EU and the US than Iceland I don't know what it is. Their economic health is affected more by what happens outside their country than in it
EU and US responses to economic crises have more effect on Iceland than anything the Icelanders do
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:00 pm
by Chizzang
CID1990 wrote:BTW if there is a western economy more in thrall to the economies of the EU and the US than Iceland I don't know what it is. Their economic health is affected more by what happens outside their country than in it
EU and US responses to economic crises have more effect on Iceland than anything the Icelanders do
It's a petri dish, it has a tiny economy
It's really expensive...
the food is pretty bad too but I love it there...!!!
I'll be back there again in September
The people are amazing
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:58 pm
by CID1990
Chizzang wrote:CID1990 wrote:BTW if there is a western economy more in thrall to the economies of the EU and the US than Iceland I don't know what it is. Their economic health is affected more by what happens outside their country than in it
EU and US responses to economic crises have more effect on Iceland than anything the Icelanders do
It's a petri dish, it has a tiny economy
It's really expensive...
the food is pretty bad too but I love it there...!!!
I'll be back there again in September
The people are amazing
I used to fly Iceland air all the time when I was doing every august in Glasgow Scotland. They give you a three day layover in Reykjavik on one ticjet- that's smart, really-
The hands down most beautiful woman I have ever seen was an Iceland Air flight attendant. If she had offered to show me around I would have changed my ticket and blown off my first 3 days in Glasgow.
Icelandic beer is absolute crappie though
Re: Meanwhile, in Iceland...
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:51 pm
by Ivytalk
Chizzang wrote:CID1990 wrote:BTW if there is a western economy more in thrall to the economies of the EU and the US than Iceland I don't know what it is. Their economic health is affected more by what happens outside their country than in it
EU and US responses to economic crises have more effect on Iceland than anything the Icelanders do
It's a petri dish, it has a tiny economy
It's really expensive...
the food is pretty bad too but I love it there...!!!
I'll be back there again in September
The people are amazing
They're amazing, all right. Inbreeding will do that to people. Ragnar Ragnarsson marries Helga Helgasdottir, etc.
