> 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
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Pomo mercantilism.
Ian