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    Default Re: The continuing battle against the inevitable Euro area default

    Why won't the government just lend it out directly to the companies and just cut the greedy fatcat middle men out altogether?
    Because governments are rubbish at business. They literally couldn't organize a piss up in a brewery.
    There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.

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    Default Re: The continuing battle against the inevitable Euro area default

    Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache View Post
    Because governments are rubbish at business. They literally couldn't organize a piss up in a brewery.

    Also - I'm pretty sure it contravenes several EU treaties on fair competition, otherwise I am quite sure they WOULD be doing it by now.

    Government is quite capable of acting if it means not losing the election - and the current lot know they can't win with the economy tanked.
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    Default Re: The continuing battle against the inevitable Euro area default

    Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache View Post
    Because governments are rubbish at business. They literally couldn't organize a piss up in a brewery.
    Who created the GFC? Government or Private Banks?

    All I've seen so far is private companies over extend themselves leaving taxpayers to pick up the droppings of the banks risk taking.

    Privatization of infrastructure does not always equal a better value proposition.

    As seen with the too big to fail corporations. Inefficiencies scale regardless of the label being government or company. These problems get worse with burecracy and a lack of transparency & accountability.

    How many of the decision makers in private industry caused this mess ended up with golden parachutes or are still in the game making bonuses on taxpayer insured decisions?
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