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Originally posted by MikeboydUS
Looks like New York may have just put one of its own on the IMF throne.
The issue has come up in recent years in civil cases in the United States. Three domestic workers employed by foreign diplomats in the United States have filed federal lawsuits alleging they were underpaid or physically and verbally abused. The workers claimed that their diplomatic employers violated the Fair Labor Standards, and that they are not exempt from prosecution under the Vienna Conventions' exemption for "commercial activity ... outside his official functions." But federal judges have dismissed all of the cases. Most recently, on April 26, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington threw out a case alleging that Lebanese Ambassador Antoine Chedid and his wife underpaid and verbally abused their maid. His decision relied, in part, on a State Department filing in a separate case, which found that hiring household workers for assistance during diplomatic service is covered by the Vienna Convention's immunity provisions.
Originally posted by Manouche
reply to post by Illusionsaregrander
I don't want to defend him but let's stick to facts scrupulously. The police didn't say he has fled the hotel. The article you link to says he had left the hotel when the detectives arrived.
He was expected in Germany today, have you found information about the flight he was in, did he buy his ticket at the last moment ?
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
What I don't understand is that as Soros himself is a Socialist, and a number on his team are Capitalist, is what is the real endgame with him.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Originally posted by MikeboydUS
The IMF, historically has been an asset of the US State Department. I would say this is still true. At this moment, the IMF are pushing their way into the EU. In the past, they would put third world nations in a form of debt bondage to the bank. Lastly, they are pushing for a "global reserve currency", that could become a global currency over time. This would make the IMF into the world's central bank or "Global Reserve Bank".
Where do you get that the IMF is an asset of the US State Department.? Im not saying its not true, Im just saying I cant see how the IMF is actually submissive to any part of the US government. It seems to me the other way round.
Originally posted by topsykrets89
he will get away with it even if proven
he is an elite so he is entitled to much more freedoms than that of an average maid
it's a sad world we live in at times
but remember to stay positive and keep looking forward to what lies ahead
karma's a bitch
Originally posted by Reaching
reply to post by incrediblelousminds
I suppose some very powerful people think they're above the law but this guy put his name forward to serve his country and he's married to another high profile individual.
It just doesn't seem logical that he would pick out some random maid and commit such a violent act.
Originally posted by inforeal
This is an interesting story because of the many comments above and more. Couldn’t a rich and powerful guy like this just have a 1000 dollar call girl, or any high class woman who loves money, at his disposal rather than trying to rape a maid in a hotel? The guy is either being framed or the worst kind of sex maniac.
Originally posted by MikeboydUS
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
The IMF doesn't redistribute wealth. It makes loans to countries, loans that are difficult to pay off while intervening in domestic financial policy, such as imposing austerity measures.
Some might call that debt bondage and violation of national sovereignty. The IMF calls it business. Currently they are trying to expand that business into the European Union.
The US dominates IMF decision making, it holds the largest amount of shares and votes, which really means the Federal Reserve holds those shares.
The biggest threat to the US domination of the IMF is the EU. We are watching a power struggle between Europe and the US. The US functions like an investment bank to the Chinese and Japan, so guess whose side they are on. They want to make money and to do so means the US has to stay on top. The victor will be in control of the world's future central bank and be able to dictate global financial policy.
It is a great pleasure to be here today, to talk about this all-important topic of human welfare and economic stability.
This link is too often neglected, but it is an old idea. Adam Smith—one of the founders of modern economics—recognized clearly that a poor distribution of wealth could undermine the free market system, noting that: “The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful and…neglect persons of poor and mean condition…is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.”
Globalization has certainly delivered a lot. It has helped hundreds of millions of people break the bonds of poverty. A spirit of openness has broken down walls all over the world, allowing for the sharing of information and technology across borders and between people on a scale never before seen in human history. New economic powers have arisen, forever shifting the balance of economic power.
But globalization also had a dark side. Lurking behind it was a large and growing chasm between rich and poor—especially within countries. An inequitable distribution of wealth can wear down the social fabric. More unequal countries have worse social indicators, a poorer human development record, and higher degrees of economic insecurity and anxiety. In too many countries, inequality increased and real wages stagnated—failing to keep up with productivity—over the past few decades. Ominously, inequality in the United States was back at its pre-Great Depression levels on the eve of the crisis.