Hell for the last several years, Greece, Italy, Cyprus to name a few have essentially 'sold' their soul to the banksters (IMF, EU) in order to delay the inevitable day of reckoning...
Last I read was that in order for Greece to get another round of 'delay' financing, someone from Germany wanted Greece to put up their GOLD as collateral...
Yep, thats why some say bankers are the worst of the worst. You NEED them in order to get 'something' you can't afford, and then they dictate the terms you have to follow and heaven help you, if you can't meet the obligations... and like the farmers are reportedly going to 'feel' this year with reports of 'less' for their crops/animals already predicted?? Some are expecting to see the banks own even 'more' farmland before to long...
or as they say, he who has the money, has the power...