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An Open Letter To Greek Protesters
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Posted on 05/05/2010 6:58:09 AM PDT by Motherhood IS a career

Morons,

There is no money. There is no one else’s pocket left to pick. You can’t borrow anymore, you can’t print anymore, and you can’t steal anymore from anyone else. The people who will be paying the bill to keep you from reentering the 15th century are, unlike you, working very hard. They deserve better than you spoiled pampered children are giving them.

You object to the bond market, but the bond market is just the voice of reality calling. It’s telling you that 2 plus 2 is still 4, no matter what your union bosses would have you believe. Your bosses tell you that ‘the people’ didn’t spend the money, but it’s not true. That’s exactly who has wasted the money, and now the bill is coming due. Right now the Bond Market is actually your very best friend. It’s telling you what a horrible mistake you’ve made, and giving you a chance to undo it, before it’s too late.

The standards that the Germans are living by right now are unsustainable in their own right, but they are a lot closer to reality than you are. At the very least you should pull up your pants, wipe that stuff off your face and be responsible enough to live at that level. Since it’s they who will be coming up with the bulk of your shortfall you should do it out of good manners if you can’t manage any other reason. And once you do, the rest of us will step and pull you back from the brink.

But the truth is, we’re not going to pull you that far. If you continue to make no contribution to productivity, your life from here on out will be one of relative hardship and poverty. And frankly that’s how it should be. You can live your lives any way you like as far as we’re concerned, but no one is going to reward you for getting drunk on the beach anymore. In the modern world you’ll only get out of the system what you put into it. Either work – or learn to live without.

Socialism always was (and frankly – still is) a horrible idea. It’s the reason you’re in this embarrassing position in the first place. In the eyes of the world you all look just as stupid and spoiled as can be. You could be protesting in diapers and demanding that ‘the state’ wipe your behinds and it would only marginally affect your public image. You need to accept the fact that there are no circumstances under which politics can arrange for nothing to be equal to something. You can not make a contribution of zero and expect to get a benefit greater than that.

You’ve thrown your bottles, burned your flags, waved your signs and had your fun. Now it’s time for you to learn the lessons of history and abandon this idiocy before we finally lose our patience with you. Grow up – and get back to work.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: bondmarket; greece; protests; socialism
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To: Motherhood IS a career
The standards that the Germans are living by right now are unsustainable in their own right, but they are a lot closer to reality than you are. At the very least you should pull up your pants, wipe that stuff off your face and be responsible enough to live at that level. Since it’s they who will be coming up with the bulk of your shortfall you should do it out of good manners if you can’t manage any other reason. And once you do, the rest of us will step and pull you back from the brink.

I read last week that the German public just found out in a big way that, while their retirement age is something like 65, the Greeks retire at 55. So the Germans are being asked to work a decade or so longer and also being asked to bail out Greeks who are RETIRED and living the life of ease.

That's gotta hurt.

But, you know what? The good ole U.S.A. is on the same road to Serfdom.

21 posted on 05/05/2010 9:07:49 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Sic semper tyrannis! Stop spending. Starve the beast.)
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To: mlocher
The problem is the politicians trying to solve every one of the Earth's problems.

The problem here is not so much any attempt to "solve problems," but the fact that ridiculous promises are made in order to gain personal political power. Then when those promises cannot be delivered on, the slaves start rioting on the plantation. Then, to retain power, politicians have two choices: (1) brutally put down the civil unrest, or (2) make more promises and offer more goodies to placate the slaves until there is no choice but to do (1).

Greece/Europe may find itself at (1) here shortly. I hope not.

BTW, world Communists and Socialists and Envirowackos: is it okay with you that the world's greatest antiquities may be destroyed by moronic spoiled-brat rioting engendered by the stupidity of your failed Utopia?

22 posted on 05/05/2010 9:12:28 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Sic semper tyrannis! Stop spending. Starve the beast.)
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To: PanzerKardinal

And Portugal. Moody’s just put Portugal on review for downgrading.


23 posted on 05/05/2010 9:13:48 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Sic semper tyrannis! Stop spending. Starve the beast.)
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To: PanzerKardinal

This is ecconomic war.

Obama is out of the loop on this international stuff.

The real issue is who are the players and who profits from teh eu falling appart?


24 posted on 05/05/2010 9:18:21 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Motherhood IS a career


25 posted on 05/05/2010 9:26:08 AM PDT by mainsail that
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To: pnh102

I don’t know — Ireland and Portugal have put in austerity measures and the populace has accepted them. Ireland has cut politicians and bureaucrats salaries (they cut those FIRST) and then cut benefits. The Irish people supported them. I don’t know about Italy or Spain though...


26 posted on 05/06/2010 5:42:28 AM PDT by Cronos (Origen(200AD)"The Church received from theApostles the tradition of giving Baptism even to infants")
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To: PanzerKardinal

the Germans can only be pushed so far. They may very well return back to the DM


27 posted on 05/06/2010 5:44:43 AM PDT by Cronos (Origen(200AD)"The Church received from theApostles the tradition of giving Baptism even to infants")
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To: bboop

The US, Canada, China, Japan, India, Brazil etc. are all paying part of the Greek bailout (since all of these contribute to the IMF who is bailing out Greece)


28 posted on 05/06/2010 5:45:33 AM PDT by Cronos (Origen(200AD)"The Church received from theApostles the tradition of giving Baptism even to infants")
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