Re: Sick of old Jews crowing about getting back their "art"

[greg3347]

On Dec 9, 3:28 am, "It's Americans OR Democrats"
<rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Every other week you read in the newspapers about some old Jew (or
> younger family member) trying to get back art or other goods "taken"
> from them by the Nazis in WW2. What is NEVER said is that much of
> this loot came from hucksterism by these same Jews in the 1920s during
> the economic crisis created by the Treaty of Versailles. German
> unemployment skyrocketed, inflation made cash worthless so many
> families had to sell whatever they could just to eat. Unfortunately,
> the buyers in those days were Jewish merchants who took advantage of
> the plight of these people, offering them $0.02 to $0.05 on the dollar
> for the artworks and other goods
>
> Flash forward 55 years to 1979 during the silver market boom (the Hunt
> brothers in Texas decided to corner the silver market, and drove the
> price from $4 an oz to almost $60) and I remember going into a
> nuministics dealer (precious metals) to get cash exchanged for foreign
> currency. People were lining up to sell silver dinnerware, coins,
> etc. This was during the Jimmy Carter economic horror when inflation
> was 13% and interest rates hit 17%. All I remember is this old hook
> nosed bat rifling through the barrels of silverware, muttering about
> finding 8 place settings in "Grand Baroque." No doubt, the wife of
> one of the owners of the place.
>
> So, the point is, whenever there is economic chaos, a certain group
> takes advantage of the less fortunate and now this same group is
> whining "they want their art back!" I wouldn't give it back, I'd
> offer them fair value, $0.05 on the dollar.