Posted on 05/05/2010 6:58:09 AM PDT by Motherhood IS a career
Morons,
There is no money. There is no one elses pocket left to pick. You cant borrow anymore, you cant print anymore, and you cant 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. Its 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 didnt spend the money, but its not true. Thats exactly who has wasted the money, and now the bill is coming due. Right now the Bond Market is actually your very best friend. Its telling you what a horrible mistake youve made, and giving you a chance to undo it, before its 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 its they who will be coming up with the bulk of your shortfall you should do it out of good manners if you cant 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, were 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 thats how it should be. You can live your lives any way you like as far as were concerned, but no one is going to reward you for getting drunk on the beach anymore. In the modern world youll 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. Its the reason youre 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.
Youve thrown your bottles, burned your flags, waved your signs and had your fun. Now its 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.
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.
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?
And Portugal. Moody’s just put Portugal on review for downgrading.
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?
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...
the Germans can only be pushed so far. They may very well return back to the DM
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)
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