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tabasco

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19. Oh bullshit.

Sun Jul 12, 2015, 11:03 AM

Jul 2015

German taxpayers are footing the bill for these bail outs and Merkel answers to her electorate. I don't blame the Germans for being pissed off.

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The Latest: Merkel Says No Greek Deal 'at Any Price' [View all] GliderGuider Jul 2015 OP

I am glad she is willing to pay "any price" for letting Greece Fail... Gore1FL Jul 2015 #1

She won't pay the price nxylas Jul 2015 #4

Greece needs to re-submit the bill for World War II with interest that they forgave. Fuck Angela roguevalley Jul 2015 #32

Maybe we need to threaten to reimpose war reparations. roamer65 Jul 2015 #35

Who is the "we" that you speak of? Nt hack89 Jul 2015 #38

The signatories of the 1953 German debt forgiveness agreement in London. roamer65 Jul 2015 #40

That will never happen hack89 Jul 2015 #42

Sorry but even though you do not agree with merkel over refusing to immediately bail out cstanleytech Jul 2015 #43

Given that no one gives a shit, I would resubmit the bill to Germany to shame them. They defaulted roguevalley Jul 2015 #51

So Greece should try to shame Germany into giving them more money? NobodyHere Jul 2015 #63

"Tsipras has spoken by phone with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew" PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #2

Greece isn't a bank MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #3

Bingo, Manny! EOM The Green Manalishi Jul 2015 #6

Or be repaid. Igel Jul 2015 #11

That would be a dangerous line to cross, and I'm sure it's already been decided. RiverNoord Jul 2015 #24

The QEs? Buying bad assets? MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #48

Fuck that. FLPanhandle Jul 2015 #34

If she wants to talk tough why doesn't she join Greece in a lawsuit of Goldman Sachs? Oh but jwirr Jul 2015 #5

Austerity turbinetree Jul 2015 #7

Let me ask you something though. How are supposed to keep paying the pensioners, the government cstanleytech Jul 2015 #61

I am a bit surprised by this. DCBob Jul 2015 #8

I am surprised also, because the deal was even more austere than the first one. Yesterday, Finland still_one Jul 2015 #13

Finland has been in recession for 8 years now magical thyme Jul 2015 #37

More heavy handed bullying from Germany. roamer65 Jul 2015 #9

"We made a mistake letting Germany reunify". Whose choice was it? Whose country is it? still_one Jul 2015 #12

And it sounds like some misparsing of Merkel's statement. Igel Jul 2015 #14

Yesterday I had the impression it was all about Finland being the one blocking the deal, so now I am still_one Jul 2015 #16

Not, "at any price" pscot Jul 2015 #22

Yep. Markets want a resolution before opening on Monday. closeupready Jul 2015 #49

There were real worries about it in 1990. roamer65 Jul 2015 #17

and the history of the France has shown their integrity also? Quite a few of the French people still_one Jul 2015 #21

Remember "America First"? N/t roamer65 Jul 2015 #33

Oh bullshit. tabasco Jul 2015 #19

So are French, British, Danish, Italian...etc taxpayers as well. roamer65 Jul 2015 #26

I call B.S. FLPanhandle Jul 2015 #36

Well, Greece does owe Germany 62 billion Euros directly RiverNoord Jul 2015 #25

I thought it was Finland, at least that is what the Guardian was saying yesterday still_one Jul 2015 #10

A bunch of countries are way more hardline on the Greece issue than Germany cemaphonic Jul 2015 #56

A deal was reached overnight. It's going back to the Greek parliament Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #15

Do you have a link, because this headline OP from the NY Times says differently. Of course the still_one Jul 2015 #18

The headline is deceptive. candelista Jul 2015 #28

Thanks, good thing I didn't short the EURO. ( bad joke ) still_one Jul 2015 #50

They are all foreign language. Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #55

Your last sentence actually sent a shiver down my spine. enlightenment Jul 2015 #31

"they have to pass" goldent Jul 2015 #67

Here is the BBC's perspective still_one Jul 2015 #20

Misleading headline. candelista Jul 2015 #23

Yep, very misleading. RiverNoord Jul 2015 #27

In fact, the context makes it clear that what she said was RiverNoord Jul 2015 #30

It's a live link. That was the headline when I posted the article. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #39

Well, it's still misleading. candelista Jul 2015 #46

Merkel faces considerable opposition to a deal from her own parliament geek tragedy Jul 2015 #29

German taxpayers don't want to be continually funding Greece FLPanhandle Jul 2015 #41

Apparently it's going to take more suffering before they get real serious on the tax issue. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #45

Mr. Tsipras needs to step aside and let Mr. Varoufakis in as PM. roamer65 Jul 2015 #44

An unhelpfully ambiguous headline from AP/the NYT muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #47

In spoken English the ambiguity is avoided by difference in stress. Beauregard Jul 2015 #57

Time for a Grexit. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #52

I think it might be time to re-examine the Euro... CTyankee Jul 2015 #53

Smartest move the Brits ever made was staying out of the EMU. roamer65 Jul 2015 #58

but maybe it was more that they just "couldn't" give up the pound sterling...I get that. CTyankee Jul 2015 #59

heh. Deustchland uber alles" eh Angela DonCoquixote Jul 2015 #54

Without Germany forcing austerity on them, the Greeks can finally handle this situation hughee99 Jul 2015 #60

Germany didnt force it, the Greek government did by spending more and more money it didnt have over cstanleytech Jul 2015 #62

Yes, I agree. I was being a little sarcastic with that statement. hughee99 Jul 2015 #64

At this point they pretty dont have a choice atleast not any better ones. cstanleytech Jul 2015 #65

Sort of like when the junkie asks for another hit from the supply nolabels Jul 2015 #66