Buffoon leaders... and how we milked the EU, by veteran Greek columnist and commentator

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81. The Germans never demanded that the debt be shunted on the backs of the poor

They demanded that the Greek government do SOMETHING that would allow the appearance of becoming active (no one in Germany or France expects any of the debt to be paid back, EVER, but they need it on their books to make their own ledgers look nice, sort like our own national debt, and default removes that possibility).

Initiating ledgers listing the owners of property would have been a nice start. The Greeks don't collect property taxes because they have no list of who owns what. That kind of thing. If Syriza hasn't done that, why do you imagine that is? Maybe they are no more free of corruption than the last government? Somethings are just too ingrained to imagine stopping, maybe.

Also, calling their greatest creditor, Germany, "terrorists" and "Nazis" is not the best way to get German taxpayers to go along with yet ANOTHER bailout. Now the Greeks are using Fox Noise tactics saying the Germans never paid any war debts, either, and like good Foxsuckers, plenty of people have taken up that flag as well because it's what they want to hear.

Merkel is now facing a taxpayer revolt at home by people saying, "well, if their government is calling us terrorists and Nazis, why should we send them another cent? We, too, have bridges in need of repair." My wife, a solid SPD/Greens voter all her life, a low-paid social worker though she was offered a job as a high-priced model, has had it being called a Nazi, and wants the Greeks cut off cold now. Her own dad got his leg blown off at Stalingrad because of the Nazis. Even-tempered though she is, calling her a Nazi is one way to get her anger to come out of hibernation.