Angela Merkel stepped up to mic, absent the blue face-paint and kilt and announced to world that debt is slavery. While William Wallace Mel Gibson told his 'overlords' that "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our FREEDOM!", it appears Ms. Merkel, in an ironic twist of sanity, is telling her serfs that is exactly what she can do (remind us again how much more debt Greece just ended up actually owing after their restructuring?): Via Bloomberg:
- *MERKEL SAYS RUNNING UP DEBTS ROBS A NATION OF ANY FREEDOM
At the same time she noted:
- *MERKEL SAYS TOO MANY GERMANY STATES ARE STILL SPENDING TO MUCH