those "LOANS" to countries like Brazil were *NOT* asked for by those countries: they were forced upon them, with impossibly high interest rates, under the guise of "helping" the countries to modernize, usually by building out electrical infrastructure, etc. What result? Those countries are forever indebted to us allowing us to install more puppet governments.

Seriously, until there is explicit evidence to DISPROVE his account, read CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN.

I don't understand why there's such an infatuation with presuming that our country -- MERELY because it is OUR country -- is doing the right things for the right reasons??

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MARC/CROSVS | UCLA Bruin, B.A. Econ, Aug 2004 | J.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law, May 2008 -- MEMBER: California State Bar, December 4, 2008

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