GB, with all due respect, why in the world would the this super rich cabal that you always refer to, want the US to fail? It sure won't put any money in their pockets if the US goes bankrupt. It also won't put any money in their pockets if nobody in the country can buy whatever goods they are selling. It just makes no sense.
It only makes no sense if you are of the mind set that the US is the center of the world and is intended to stay that way. But if you look at it from and informed angle then you would know that many of the "Elite" are not Americans to begin with so why the hell do they care about us. We are a nation based on individual freedoms and this is counter productive to the end result they are looking for. Why is it you think we have been loosing our rights and freedoms for so long now... it takes several generations to enslave the whole world but they are about to get all the pieces of the puzzle in place.
Here is a list of some of these people. You can research Committee of 300, Illuminati, Club of Rome and the like for more of the puzzle...
From the Bilderberg 'Information' pamphlet - available free from the Bilderberg Office in Leiden, Netherlands.
National totals of the 35 (34 men & 1 woman?) total steering group members:
USA 8*; Germany 4*; Great Britain 3*; Italy 3*; France 2; Switzerland 2*; Austria 1; Belgium 1; Canada 1; Denmark 1; Finland 1; Greece 1; Ireland 1; Netherlands 1; Norway 1; Portugal 1; Spain 1; Sweden 1; Turkey 1.
*One aspiring 'International citizen', Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, is Italian and one, Klaus Schwab, is Swiss (totals include 'inner circle' advisory group).
Members Advisory Group
Or 'inner circle'
Italy - Giovanni Agnelli
Great Britain - Eric Roll of Ipsden
USA - David Rockefeller
Germany (D)- Otto Wolff von Amerongen
[supplementary information on Eric Roll from Hansard]
Steering Committee
The 31 national BB 'outer circle' Steering Group Representatives:
HONORARY SECRETARY GENERAL
Great Britain - J. Martin Taylor
Chairman, WH Smith Group PLC;
International Advisor, Goldman Sachs International
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
Belguim - Etienne Davignon
Vice Chairman, Societe Generale de Belgique
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Maja Banck-Polderman
USA Allaire, Paul A. - Former Chairman and C.E.O., Xerox Corporation
P Balsemao, Francisco Pinto - Chairman, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; former Prime Minister
I Bernabe, Franco - Chairman, Franco Bernabe & C. S.p.A.
CDN Black, Conrad M. - Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited
GB Clarke, Kenneth - Member of Parliament, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
F Collomb, Bertrand - Chairman and C.E.O., Lafarge
GR David, George A. - Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A.
NL Halberstadt, Victor - Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University
USA Johnson, James A. - Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC
USA Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. - Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
TR Kiraq, Suna - Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Koq Holding A.S.
USA Kissinger, Henry A. - Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
D Kopper, Hilmar - Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank A.G.
USA Kravis, Marie-Josee - Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc
F Levy-Lang, Andre - Former Chairman, Paribas
USA Mathews, Jessica T. - President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
N Myklebust, Egil - Chairman of the Board, Norsk Hydro ASA
D Nass, Matthias - Deputy Editor, Die Zeit
FIN Ollila, Jorma - Chairman of the Board and C.E.O., Nokia Corporation
INT Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso - Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
E Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias - Executive Vice Chairman, BSCH
D Schrempp, Jiirgen E. - Chairman of the Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler AG
INT Schwab, Klaus - President, World Economic Forum
DK Seidenfaden, Toger - Editor-in-Chief, Politiken
IRL Sutherland, Peter D. - Chairman and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs International
CH Vasella, Daniel L. - Chairman and C.E.O., Novartis AG
A Vranitzky, Franz - Former Federal Chanoellor
S Wallenberg, Jacob - Chairman of the Board, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
USA Wolfensohn, James D. - President, The World Bank
Bilderberg Members
I - Agnelli, Giovanni
I - Agnelli, Umberto
GB - Airey, Terence
DK - Andersen, Tage
A - Androsch, Hannes
GR - Arliotis, Charles C.
USA - Ball, George W.
S - Barnevik, Percy
F - Baumgartner, Wilfrid S.
GB - Bennett, Frederic M.
USA - Bennett, Jack F.
INT - Bertram, Christoph
D - Bertram, Christoph
TR - Beyazit, Selahattin
TR - Birgi, Nuri
CH - Boveri, Walter E.
USA - Brady, Nicholas F.
GR - Carras, Costa
E - Carvajal Urquijo, Jaime
USA - Cary, Frank T.
GB - Cavendish-Bentinck, Victor F.W.
DK - Christiansen, Hakon
I - Cittadini Cesi, Gian G.
USA - Collado, Emilio
USA - Corzine, Jon S.
USA - Dam, Kenneth W.
USA - Dean, Arthur H.
DK - Deleuran, Aage
NL - Duisenberg, Willem F.
CDN - Duncan, James S.
USA - Finley, Murray H.
GB - Frame, Alistair
GB - Franks, Oliver
CDN - Frum, David
GB - Gaitskell, Hugh T.N.
USA - Gerstner, Louis V.
USA - Getchell, Charles
CDN - Griffin, Anthony G.S.
GB - Gubbins, Colin
S - Gustafsson, Sten
ICE - Hallgrimsson, Geir
USA - Hauge, Gabriel
N - Hauge, Jens
GB - Healey, Denis W.
USA - Heinz, Henry J.
D - Herrhausen, Alfred
N - Hoegh, Leif
N - Hoegh, Westye
USA - Holbrooke, Richard C.
A - lgler, Hans
FIN - lloniemi, Jaakko
A - Jankowitsch, Peter
B - Janssen, Daniel E.
NL - Karsten, C. Frits
GB - Knight, Andrew
I NT - Kohnstamm, Max
A - Kothbauer, Max
NL - Korteweg, Pieter
CH - Krauer, Alex
F - Ladreit de Lacharriere, Marc
B - Lambert, Leon J.G.
USA - Lord, Winston
S - Lundvall, Bjorn
CH - Lutolf, Franz J.
CDN - Macdonald, Donald S.
USA - MacLaury, Bruce K.
USA - Mathias, Charles McC.
GB - Maudling, Reginald
NL - Meynen, Johannes
USA - Mitchell, George J.
F - Montbrial, Thierry de
I - Monti, Mario
USA - Moyers, Bill D.
USA - Murphy, Robert D.
DK - Norlund, Nils
NL - Oort, Conrad J.
USA - Perkins, James A
GR - Pesmazoglu, John S.
I - Prodi, Romano
CH - Pury, David de
USA - Ridgway, Rozanne L.
USA - Rockefeller, David
USA - Rockefeller, Sharon Percy
GB - Roll of Ipsden, Eric
F - Rothschild, Edmond de
INT - Ruggiero, Renato
NL - Rijkens, Paul
GB - Sainsbury, John
I - Saraceno, Pasquale
F - Seilliere, Ernest-Antoine
USA - Sheinkman, Jack
I - Silvestri, Stefano
GB - Smith, John
B - Snoy et d'Oppuers, Jean C.
D - Sommer, Theo
USA - Stone, Shepard
GB - Taverne, Dick
USA - Taylor, Arthur R.
DK - Terkelsen, Terkel M.
N - Tidemand, Otto Grieg
I - Valetta, Vittorio
CH - Umbricht, Victor H.
S - Wallenberg, Marcus
N - Werring, Niels
USA - Whitehead, John C.
USA - Whitman, Marina von Neumann
USA - Williams, Joseph H.
USA - Williams, Lynn R.
D - Wischnewski, Hans-Jurgen
D - Wolff von Amerongen, Otto
USA - Wolfowitz, Paul
I - Zannoni, Paolo