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Kelvin Mace

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19. The stories i am reading

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 10:04 AM

Jul 2015

Say that Greece intended to raise taxes on the rich, but that the ECB said that was unacceptable, they would have to cut funding for the poor and elderly.

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Greece must introduce another currency if 'no' vote wins: Schulz [View all] Bosonic Jul 2015 OP

Post removed Post removed Jul 2015 #1

The determination re: who is part of the eurozone is not an internal affair of any one country. nt FBaggins Jul 2015 #3

Nor is it the purview of any one single elected official, especially a fucking German. - nt KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #4

A "fucking German" is who Greece expects to bail them out. 7962 Jul 2015 #5

Well, actually no, but Germany owes Greece massive reparations for what KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #7

A little late to suddenly ask for reparations now. Lucky Luciano Jul 2015 #11

The stories i am reading Kelvin Mace Jul 2015 #19

And that is exactly what happened. Aerows Jul 2015 #25

Greece intended to raise taxes on the rich, but that the ECB said that was unacceptable Angel Martin Jul 2015 #39

So to clarify: Germany today is responsible for the actions of it's predecessor Government... brooklynite Jul 2015 #27

Not the first person I'd think of when "Nazi" is mentioned. Igel Jul 2015 #8

Um, Schulz' barely-veiled threat is very Nazi-esque (as in "We have ways KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #9

You're repeating Berlusconi's slur against Schulz muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #12

So you don't believe in self-determination of peoples? NutmegYankee Jul 2015 #15

Disagree about whether Germans 'deserved' their homeland 'whole,' especially with KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #17

Do you not understand the history of Europe? NutmegYankee Jul 2015 #21

6,000,000 Jews and 25,000,000 Soviets might have something to do with it. Also, I maintain KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #22

I still don't understand your position. NutmegYankee Jul 2015 #24

Using that logic, does Belgium deserve a homeland... Marengo Jul 2015 #41

Better to use violence to preserve an oppressive state like the DDR... Marengo Jul 2015 #16

You may come to see such an opinion as Pollyanna-ish when the full might KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #23

Maybe because Greece wants his money. former9thward Jul 2015 #31

Using the term Nazi is disgusting and offensive iandhr Jul 2015 #32

Or what? nt bemildred Jul 2015 #2

Bartering becomes the only means of exchange. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #20

Yeah, that's the official line bucolic_frolic Jul 2015 #6

The German booboisie who summer in Greece will continue to pay KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #10

Nothing like voting with a gun to your head CanonRay Jul 2015 #13

A lot of countries have private printers print their money vinny9698 Jul 2015 #14

Zimbabwe certainly has one of those printers. former9thward Jul 2015 #33

Don't you hate it when you have to make change and you only have millions? brooklynite Jul 2015 #46

Bitcoin for a democratic currency. Fuck the banksters! Gregorian Jul 2015 #18

Right...because NOBODY loses money with bitcoin, right? brooklynite Jul 2015 #26

Bitcoin is up 20 today. Psephos Jul 2015 #35

Mt. Gox brooklynite Jul 2015 #36

Please. Psephos Jul 2015 #37

Bernie Madoff is in jail brooklynite Jul 2015 #38

Look! A squirrel! Psephos Jul 2015 #40

hope Schulzie is prepared to eat some crow. magical thyme Jul 2015 #28

I wish this were the case.. sendero Jul 2015 #42

well it might make the Troika feel better right now to beat on Greece some more, but magical thyme Jul 2015 #43

Oh I agree... sendero Jul 2015 #44

tyler durden/zero hedge has hypothesized that it might have been their goal magical thyme Jul 2015 #45

Not so bad? MTJ Jul 2015 #29

This last-ditch effort to frighten the Greeks has apparenty failed, reorg Jul 2015 #30

Schulz can go shove it. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #34

Greece should just start printing more Euros. roamer65 Jul 2015 #47