[lbo-talk] Maastricht Monetarists Are Lying Thieves

[dredmond at efn.org]

The same EU commissioners who were the sternest partisans of the insane 
Maastricht limits, who peddled the snake oil of free competition, and who 
howled at the prospect of undisciplined public spending -- are themselves a 
bunch of monopolistic, sleazy Enron-style scum, leeching off of taxpayer euros. 
Says the BBC:

"The allegations are that Eurostat bosses channelled hundred of thousands of 
euros into unofficial bank accounts, away from budgetary controls. And also 
that former colleagues, even family members, set up companies that were then 
given fat contracts from Eurostat." 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3090536.stm

-- DRR