"we have been fooled into thinking it is in our interests."

No shit!

Good one, Ake.

One of the execs in an American company that needed bailing out by their government had a $35,000 (could be off by a few thou, but not many) executive washroom and a $1,400 waste basket. These fuckers deserve the blooy noose for what they have done to the people of this world. Gouging bastards.