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Ever wonder why the US is so keen to promote the 'Arab Spring' which includes the freezing of Arab assets such as Libya's?
"There’s $8 Trillion in global sovereign debt that needs to be rolled over in 2012. This does not include state, local, corporate or personal debt.
There’s simply not enough cash in the world to buy all this debt.
What is worse – who would in their right mind would loan cash today for ten years for a guaranteed return of 1.85%?
When the Arabs learn of word of what they’ve been doing is out they may panic… move a big chunk of funds too fast or the wrong way…really destabilize the monetary markets.
ROME -- Italian tax police say they have seized (EURO)1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) in assets from the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's family and associates, including shares in Italy's biggest bank.
The assets were frozen last year to comply with U.N. resolutions when Gadhafi's forces were attacking civilians in Libya.
Italy seizes $1.5 billion in Gadhafi family assets - Wire Business News - The Sacramento Bee (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/28/4373424/italy-seizes-15-billion-in-gadhafi.html - broken link)
We still have the military hardware, the Navy, the fresh water and the best farmland in the world. We will be just fine
Deport the Jersey Shore cast and the Kardashians, and we will be better!
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