A new milestone in global finance:
"The demand to prevent a selective default has been removed," he told the Dutch parliament. The chairman of the 17-nation currency area's finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, also told reporters: "You can never exclude such a possibility, but everything should be done to avoid it."
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It is smarter not to throw more good money against the bad money, so it seems...
I caught a news blurb last night relating to the mortgage crisis here in the US. There is currently a program that if you are having trouble meeting your monthly payment obligations and are behind, you would be eligible for a $50,000 grant that you would NOT be required to pay back, provided you NEVER fall behind on your payments at any point in the future.
Now when the chicks are free, you'll know we've reached nirvana.
Edited by hpm123, 21 July 2011 - 10:30 AM.