Along the Greece theme, more here… Coming to the USA I fear. [View all]

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Though there is no need for it to be this way. What the writer says is really profound imho. I think quite a few of us see a different version of this happening in slow motion here in the US. Look at the Ryan budget that passed the house.

If belonging to the largest and richest trading bloc in the world cannot provide dinner for a retired teacher like her, it has no reason to exist. If a European Union which produces €28,000 of annual GDP for every single one of its citizens cannot provide a safety net for her, then it is profoundly wicked. If this is not a union of partners, but a gang of big players and small players, who cut the weakest loose at the first sign of trouble, then it is nothing. Each one of us will have to engage in an internal battle before Sunday’s referendum. I will be thinking of you, Magda, when I vote. It seems as honest a basis to make a decision as any.

https://www.byline.com/column/11/article/126