The Greek people want lots of government jobs, with early retirement ages, sizeable pensions, and no chance of a reduction in their cost of living. And they want the rest of Europe to make up any shortfall they have in their own economy.
They have voted over and over for politicians who have promised them that they can live forever beyond their means by borrowing more and more money.
They are now paying for their lack of foresight and their abysmal math skills.
Can't think of anything else I ever got from that country. They did send us Mike Dukakis and I'm not crazy about that export. Maybe Dukakis should go back there as it's his kind of country. Lots of government jobs with big pensions and early retirement.
The bill is coming due and their government is squeezing hard for tax payments. They won’t get it.
They’ll be repudiating soon.
Exactly—Greeks want to continue to receive government payouts that they didn’t earn, at the expense of harder-working Europeans who already have gone above and beyond in lending to them.
Pretty much the same as those who advocate “forgiving” student debt here in the US. Why should such debtors be subsidized by those who have to compete with the leaches on an increasingly uneven playing field?
As long as the Greeks continue to be political (socialist, bordering on communist) idiots, they’ll continue to hurt themselves as well. No reason for more responsible people and countries to enable it.
“They have voted over and over for politicians who have promised them that they can live forever beyond their means by borrowing more and more money.”
We have a lot of nerve bringing pointing this out to them, IMO.