"The bank's product is debt, because the banks want to make sure that they can get paid for the debt. But ultimately the only party that can pay the debt is the government, because it runs the printing presses. So the debts ultimately either are paid by the government, or they're paid by a huge transfer of property from debtors to creditors - or, the debts are written off."

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Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

Michael Hudson

#Running Quotes #Party Quotes #Government Quotes

“When I see the migrant workers broken bodies and eyes without hope, I want to embrace and wipe away their fears. It makes me angry and helps me to keep fighting the oppressive system.”
“If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.”

Source : "Africa First 2012 Profile: Advisor Jihan El-Tahri On Pressures, Successes & Criticisms Of Program". Interview with Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. April 10, 2012.
“The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.”
“When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think â€œI am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.â€ No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us - denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him - and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, â€œFather, forgive them, they don't know what they are doing.â€ He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.”
“I've never felt any particular desire to be married.”
“When God made the color purple, God was just showing off.”
“The body is our primary feedback mechanism which can show us what is and isn't working about our ways of thinking, expressing, and living. As we live our truth more fully and freely, our body grows healthier, stronger, and more beautiful.”

Source : Shakti Gawain (2010). “Reflections in the Light: Daily Thoughts and Affirmations”, New World Library
“President Obama still places far too much emphasis on relentless testing with standardized exams.”

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