Greg Palast: Not just giving
money. You have to understand. He is
Romney's key advisor. He's the guy that
told Romney to pick Paul Ryan. He is as Fortune Magazine says, he is "absolutely
the most influential Republican on finance and economic issues, bar none,"
except that we don't see this in public.
One thing about Billionaires and
Ballot Bandits, it's really the first public discussion about "Who are
these billionaires behind Romney?" I've been tracking the Koch brothers since
1995 and no one was paying attention. Now people have gotten aware of
Koch. They're important, they are, they
also have their own four chapters in Billionaires
and Ballot Bandits. But there's also all these other characters that other
people haven't heard of who are actually even more influential, like Singer,
who are (if you can imagine) even more vicious.
And that's what we have to do.
Like I say, a lot of these guys are international outlaws, but not here,
and one of the reasons they need the White House, is because they're afraid
that they're going to be shut down, because they've overreached, and now gone
after, what four years ago were their allies in the banking system, and that's
what the problem is. I hear the bells
chiming, which means if I don't get out of here I'm going to be in hot water.
Rob Kall: One last question,
you talked about how Argentina has been characterized as a terrorist nation,
when really it's one of the most hopeful nations we've seen. Just the other day, just last week, MEK, the
group that was characterized as terrorists from Iran, was taken off the
terrorist list. Do you have anything to
say about that?
Greg Palast: Yeah, well two things. Number one, Argentina's not considered a
terrorist state by our government. What
they're afraid of is if that if the current government collapses, even though
they don't love the current government (the Obama Administration) they're
afraid that it will be taken over by terrorists, because if you have a total
collapse of Argentina, what Obama and the banks are worried about, especially
the banks, Clinton, Obama, and the banks are worried that if you have a
collapse of Argentina, that they will obviously stop getting their money;
that's number one, their first concern.
The second concern is what Loretta Napoleoni calls a "Failed State."
Once you have a failed state, you have an opening for maniacs to move in. The main thing is that the bankers want their
money, of course. So, right now,
Argentina is in good favor with the banks because Argentina is paying them
loads. People don't recognize it's a
very successful place. I agree with you.
If the United States imitated the leadership on economic issues we saw with
Argentina and President Nestor, the United States would now be having four
percent [4%] unemployment and eight percent [8%]a year growth. And I agree with you, we want to tango here,
but we we're not going to tango if the guys who are trying to destroy Argentina
take over our government, and that would make things even worse. Now, I've get going, but I would like to say
this has been one of the more deeper, more substantive conversations I've had
since we issued the book, which is now on the New York Times Best Seller list.
Rob Kall: Did I hear you
saying something about the Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio Show and OpEdNews here?
(laughs)
Greg Palast: Yes, I think
OpEdNews is where you get the real thing.
It's not just progressive opinion; it's the hard, cold truth, the real
facts. If you don't listen to Bob Kall,
if you don't read OpEdNews, then you don't know what the hell is happening in
America, you don't know what the hell is happening to you. So this is our weapon of mass instruction.
Get on OpEdNews. Read it top to bottom,
read it top to bottom, or you just don't know what's going on. This is Greg Palast, author of Billionaires and Ballot Bandit s: How to Steal an Election in Nine Easy Steps,
and I'm telling you: don't let them steal your news, because that's how they
steal your ballot. This is Greg Palast,
reporting for OpEdNews, proudly. Thank you very much.
Rob Kall: Alright, it's been
a great interview. Thank you. It's the Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio Show ( WNJC 1360 AM). Thank you. And that's the show.
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