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magical thyme

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11. actually, the Syriza government is trying to do just that.

Reply to uhnope (Reply #10)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 01:24 PM

Mar 2015

It's part of the plan they presented when requesting a bridge loan and renegotiation of their debts.

Starving the elderly and destroying any future for the Greek youth is not a fair or reasonable way to fix the problems, and in fact is guaranteed to fail.

As we should know by our own experience here in the US, it's not an easy task to rein in the 1%.

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Remember when Greece and Spain bailed out Germany? Sure seems like Germany doesn't. [View all] riqster Mar 2015 OP

K&R! Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #1

T & Y riqster Mar 2015 #4

The right wing neo-liberal dogma is a plague on human civilization n/t AZ Progressive Mar 2015 #2

Lafferist Voodoo Economics needs to be repudiated everywhere it has reared its loathesome head. riqster Mar 2015 #3

But there are differences uhnope Mar 2015 #5

Germany Forcing itcfish Mar 2015 #6

link? uhnope Mar 2015 #7

from the article: magical thyme Mar 2015 #12

thank you for your answer uhnope Mar 2015 #19

link? riqster Mar 2015 #9

The point of the article was long-term economic and social stability. riqster Mar 2015 #8

but why no hoopla for Greece to get its people to pay taxes, or to fight corruption? uhnope Mar 2015 #10

actually, the Syriza government is trying to do just that. magical thyme Mar 2015 #11

that's good to hear. Well see how many of Syriza's plans they can achieve uhnope Mar 2015 #15

Pragmatic moderate centrists think compromise is a good thiing Fumesucker Mar 2015 #22

they've also said they can't do it all at once magical thyme Mar 2015 #24

Not quite the same analogy Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #13

Well, if it's blame you are looking to assign... riqster Mar 2015 #14

Well, if you want to go back 20 years earlier DFW Mar 2015 #16

Which confirms the point I made in my OP. riqster Mar 2015 #20

Technically it was the autocrats and plutocrats who were responsible, much as it is today. bluesbassman Mar 2015 #17

And they will be idiots, to be shocked. riqster Mar 2015 #21

Excuse me. Are you implying that somehow, Germany's wounds were not self-inflicted? Drahthaardogs Mar 2015 #27

Putting Greece's problems on big bad Germany's shoulders is convenient, but BS DFW Mar 2015 #18

Not saying it's Germany's fault. riqster Mar 2015 #23

you're right. The Greeks should NEVER have joined the Euro. magical thyme Mar 2015 #26

On the subject, Bill K Black, back in January: And by the way, Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #25