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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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they don't want to gothey know nobody out there, all their friends and family are here. i'm not saying your heart should bleed for them; they took a gamble and lost, but it's a shame for all concerned, the spanish, the people who invested there...
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:09,
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No, you miss my pointit actually is their fault. The major driver for the crash back in 2008 was fucked-up property portfolios. Caused by banks lending on over-inflated property values to (in a fair number of cases) grasping arseholes looking to make a quick buck. So it's a gamble they took and lost. It's something they, essentially, made happen. Innit.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:28,
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