Epn.dk citerer i dag formanden for Finansrådet Peter Straarup som følger: “Banksektoren må også vedstå, at vi i visse tilfælde har produceret produkter, der tjener finansielle og spekulative formål – og ikke iagttager kundernes risikovillighed."
The good times aren't exactly rollin' in the U.S. (or anywhere else for that matter). As reported by The New York Times in this article, millions of Americans now have government-sponsored food stamps as their only source of “income".
The EU proposes the implementation of legislation for sharing financial records from the SWIFT interbank system with U.S. authorities. 
As reported by Wikileaks, the annual U.S. spy budget has now reached $75 billion. New developments include officially mixing military and civilian intelligence.
Someone suggesting that reason & science should apply to drug legislation instead of being driven by fear, moral outrage and ignorance... how crazy is that?
A very interesting article from New York Times on the connections between the CIA, the invading armies, Afghan officials and the global drug trade. Keep in mind that the resulting multi-billion Dollar amounts are not laundered through pizzerias: During periods of limited liquid financial resources such as the current crisis, drug money and other illegal cash flows keep the economic carrousel going.
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