Thursday, May 31, 2012

Most Aid to Athens Circles Back to Europe

Click here to access article by Liz Alderman and Jack Ewing from Other News. 

This present crazy arrangement imposed on Greece by Europe's One Percent only insures that the latter receive interest payments indefinitely. 
In an elaborate payment system that began after the May 6 election that brought down the Greek government and is meant to ensure that the Greeks do not touch the cash, the big three creditors are now wiring bailout payments to an escrow account in Greece. There the money sits for two or three days — before much of it is sent back to the troika as interest payments on the Greek bonds that Europe accepted under terms of the bailout deal struck in February.