{"id":99476,"date":"2013-12-17T15:27:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T15:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/the-european-super-highway-of-debt-and-bankrupt-countries\/"},"modified":"2013-12-17T16:47:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T16:47:28","slug":"the-european-super-highway-of-debt-and-bankrupt-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/the-european-super-highway-of-debt-and-bankrupt-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Super-Highway of Debt and Bankrupt Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Financial Infographics Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u201a\u00ac2.91 Trillion: Total amount borrowed by Bankrupt nation\u2019s citizens \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2,910,426,000,000 (\u00e2\u201a\u00ac2.91 million millions). 13 Banks biggest banks.<\/p>\n

Each bank has its own lane.<\/p>\n

Total Convoy Length: 26.7km (16.59 miles) if you put all 13 lanes together.<\/p>\n

The people of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal & Spain owe \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2,91 trillion Euros to these 13 banks.<\/p>\n

These are only the 13 biggest banks, there are many more that lent money, that together add up to a much bigger debt numbers. 3 pallets of cash would cover the cost of all the trucks shown below, if you bought them new.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d have enough left over for a lifetime of joy. Each truck has 20 such pallets.<\/p>\n

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The European Super Highway of Debt<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A lot of banks are\u00a0\u201cunder water\u2019 with debt<\/a>. These info-graphics shows how much banks borrowed to Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece & Spain (PIIGS) \u2014 the countries least likely to pay it back.
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\u00e2\u201a\u00ac100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e2\u201a\u00ac100 \u2014 I bet you wish you could push print.\u00a0\";-)\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00e2\u201a\u00ac10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e2\u201a\u00ac10,000 \u2014 \u201cMadness is badness of spirit,
\nwhen one seeks profit from all sources\u201d \u2014 Aristotle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\"\u00e2\u201a\u00ac10,000\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00e2\u201a\u00ac1,000,000 \u2014 Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh?\u201cBankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave
\nthem the power to create money and control credit, and
\nwith a flick of a pen they will create enough to buy it back.\u201d
\n-Sir Josiah Stamp, former President, Bank of England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00e2\u201a\u00ac2.91 Trillion: Total amount borrowed by Bankrupt nation\u2019s citizens \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2,910,426,000,000 (\u00e2\u201a\u00ac2.91 million millions). 13 Banks biggest banks.<\/p>\n

Each bank has its own lane.<\/p>\n

Total Convoy Length: 26.7km (16.59 miles) if you put all 13 lanes together.<\/p>\n

The people of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal & Spain owe \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2,91 trillion Euros to these 13 banks.<\/p>\n

These are only the 13 biggest banks, there are many more that lent money, that together add up to a much bigger debt numbers. 3 pallets of cash would cover the cost of all the trucks shown below, if you bought them new.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d have enough left over for a lifetime of joy. Each truck has 20 such pallets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Financial Infographics Menu \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2.91 Trillion: Total amount borrowed by Bankrupt nation\u2019s citizens \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2,910,426,000,000 (\u00e2\u201a\u00ac2.91 million millions). 13 Banks biggest banks. Each bank has its own lane. Total Convoy Length: 26.7km (16.59 miles) if you put all 13 lanes together. The people of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal & Spain owe \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2,91 trillion Euros to these 13 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-99476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}