Posted on 06/19/2011 7:18:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called on Sunday for a fall referendum on "changes to the political system," including to the country's constitution. Opening a three-day parliamentary debate that will culminate in a confidence vote late Tuesday, Papandreou blamed Greece's bloated and inefficient state sector for bringing the country to its knees and vowed to effect deep changes. He also said the constitutional revision will make it easier to prosecute delinquent government officials.
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Yeah, that should work.
Sounds like the code words for "dictator for life."
The current Greek system failed because... (Fill in the blank with cause you like the most).
Therefore we, the Greeks, need a new system to prevent this from happening again.
Right.
Just like American anti-drug, anti-gun, Prohibition, and other laws have cured problems.
Bottom line folks is making new laws, or Constitutions, will NOT correct problems. In fact, they tend to make the problems worse, see my reference to Prohibition. What happened to Greece is exactly the same thing that is happening to the Republic - they abandoned the rule of law and adopted the rule of men. proof of statement is the closing phrase "delinquent government officials". Enough said.
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