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Here's an example of a move in the right direction from Germany, though: German pay deal offers euro Ghost Dog May 2012 #1
BTW, here's a reminder of how this all started (ca. 2008) Ghost Dog May 2012 #2
When do they have elections in Germany? sabrina 1 May 2012 #3
Fall 2013, by the looks of it: Ghost Dog May 2012 #7
Don't be too harsh on the not guaranteeing peace remark DFW May 2012 #20
Yes, I understand that. sabrina 1 May 2012 #22
I'd have to reserve judgment until I saw the original text DFW May 2012 #37
Well, you have a point. sabrina 1 May 2012 #46
Greece needs to give back the money or take it's medicine. The EU needs more central power over RB TexLa May 2012 #4
I partially agree... Neue Regel May 2012 #6
I think the concept of national sovereignty belongs in the ashbin of history RB TexLa May 2012 #8
Ojalá. Ghost Dog May 2012 #12
You mean the Bankers have to give back the money, I'm sure. sabrina 1 May 2012 #13
Good thing you are not in charge of anything. girl gone mad May 2012 #14
You think they should be able to take the bailout and be able to run up debt RB TexLa May 2012 #30
I disagree Neue Regel May 2012 #5
German workers should receive higher wages and pay higher prices for consumer goods Ghost Dog May 2012 #9
WTF???? On what do you think the Greeks were spending those Euros? Hint, it wasn't coalition_unwilling May 2012 #10
German (and other) banks and such "invested" (speculated) heavily in Spain's Ghost Dog May 2012 #11
I thought that it was the British banks that led the financing of the Spanish real estate boom? FarCenter May 2012 #31
Of course. Ghost Dog May 2012 #33
Just to make sure I understand you... Neue Regel May 2012 #24
The money doesn't go to the people. Where do you think all these bailouts are going? sabrina 1 May 2012 #25
Okay then Neue Regel May 2012 #26
Who said anything about the German people contributing their tax money to prop up the system? sabrina 1 May 2012 #27
The person to whom I replied did Neue Regel May 2012 #29
Well I don't think there is any doubt about the trade deficit. sabrina 1 May 2012 #45
I do believe you are preaching to the choir Neue Regel May 2012 #43
Bingo. Ghost Dog May 2012 #47
You have exactly construed my meaning - Greek consumers and coalition_unwilling May 2012 #39
I understamd the concept of selling to other markets Neue Regel May 2012 #42
I would agree with you IF you had just said that the Greeks need to increase taxes on those who jwirr May 2012 #18
I wondered how long it would be before the old 'blame the victims' meme would show up. sabrina 1 May 2012 #23
Greece doesn't have to cut social services Neue Regel May 2012 #44
Germany is in the wrong . . . for providing all this money others have demanded of them 4th law of robotics May 2012 #15
It was the other way round. Really. Ghost Dog May 2012 #17
The eurozone has the wrong membership FarCenter May 2012 #16
Well, for a while there I was strongly of the opinion Ghost Dog May 2012 #19
The EU itself is a fundamentally misguided idea that flies in the face of historical trends. FarCenter May 2012 #28
The greatest anachronism is of course Ghost Dog May 2012 #32
There are several candidates for breakup FarCenter May 2012 #38
The Euro zone should never have included countries with cooked books and huge deficits DFW May 2012 #21
Seems to me both the Germans and Greeks should be going after Josef Ackermann from Deutsche Bank suffragette May 2012 #34
Ackerman is one nasty character, for sure DFW May 2012 #35
Far as I can tell, he's still in charge at IIF suffragette May 2012 #41
You're right. Germany should fuck off out of the EU Ghost Dog May 2012 #36
Germany would leave the EU and NATO before getting into ANY war DFW May 2012 #40
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