Dateline October 26, 2006: Henry Paulson and this Well-Planned 'Economic Crisis'


	Dateline October 26, 2006: Henry Paulson and this Well-Planned 'Economic Crisis'

zizzy

9-28-2008 8:19 PM

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zizzy says:

Quote from an investment newsletter I subscribe to:

most of the time, they were aware of the dangers. They knew your future was in grave jeopardy. They saw it in their own government data and talked about it behind closed doors. They even made not-so-secret preparations for this day.

They didn't suddenly discover these threats yesterday.

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