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Obama Expresses Sympathy for New Greek Government ["You Cannot Keep On Squeezing Countries"]
Wall St J. ^ | February 01, 2015 | ANDREW ACKERMAN

Posted on 02/01/2015 8:20:35 PM PST by Steelfish

Obama Expresses Sympathy for New Greek Government

By ANDREW ACKERMAN Feb. 1, 2015

President Barack Obama expressed sympathy for the new Greek government as it seeks to rollback its strict bailout regime, saying there are limits to how far its European creditors can press Athens to repay its debts while restructuring the economy.

“You cannot keep on squeezing countries that are in the midst of depression. At some point there has to be a growth strategy in order for them to pay off their debts to eliminate some of their deficits,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria aired Sunday.

He said Athens needs to restructure its economy to boost its competitiveness, “but it’s very hard to initiate those changes if people’s standards of livings are dropping by 25%. Over time, eventually the political system, the society can’t sustain it.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alexistsipras; economy; europeanunion; greece; greececrisis; obama; obamagreece; syriza
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1 posted on 02/01/2015 8:20:35 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Oh?


2 posted on 02/01/2015 8:25:48 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: Steelfish

Obama does know that the National Debt of the United States of America is $18,000,000,000,000 and rising, correct?

He must know that when Interest Rates come back to reality that it will take a TRILLION DOLLARS or more every year just to service that Debt, correct?

Please tell me he knows these FACTS.


3 posted on 02/01/2015 8:28:03 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (If you think the Mulatto Marxist is bad, just wait until the Menopausal Marxist shows up.)
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To: Steelfish

Because commies need to stick together.


4 posted on 02/01/2015 8:28:55 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Steelfish

Then why the debt increase and tax increase proposals for our economy, putz?


5 posted on 02/01/2015 8:30:10 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: Steelfish

Communist is as communist does.


6 posted on 02/01/2015 8:30:46 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: Steelfish

How big of a smirk did the guy have when he said this? puke.


7 posted on 02/01/2015 8:31:03 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Kickass Conservative

The feckless fool on the hill knows nothing, only his own narcissism, nothing more. The world revolves around him and only him, nothing else matters.


8 posted on 02/01/2015 8:32:03 PM PST by Fungi (Evolution is piece by piece over billions of years. At what point did a precursor become a human?)
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To: Steelfish; All
Leftists are always promising something for nothing.

This is just more of the old flim flam.

9 posted on 02/01/2015 8:32:19 PM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: Steelfish

I hope Greece really messes around with the EU and gives them fits! ... :-) ...


10 posted on 02/01/2015 8:33:26 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Steelfish

Doesn’t seem to have a problem squeezing the U.S. taxpayer no matter what.


11 posted on 02/01/2015 8:36:32 PM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Kickass Conservative

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! The economic knowledge of Obummer and the 535 corporate sock puppets in congress is surpassed by any community college kid that has taken Econ 101...

The other alternatives to the level of ignorance shown by the politihos is that they are running this country with a level of competence that rises to gross negligence or...

It is a deliberate act to ruin this nation.

None of those three alternatives are mutually exclusive and among the 536 people involved, they may be present from one elected person to another.


12 posted on 02/01/2015 8:37:00 PM PST by L,TOWM (Is it still too soon to start shooting?)
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To: Steelfish

See a good article here: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/01/1_28_2015_17_59.html

My guess is that if American banks are owned money by Greece, Obama and the Dems will do something to have those banks forgive the debt while Obama and the Dems reimburse the banks with money from American taxpayers or regulatory fee payers. Somebody should watch for this.


13 posted on 02/01/2015 8:37:39 PM PST by AJFavish (www.allanfavish.com)
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To: Fungi

Yeah, I know.

It was just my feckless grasp of reality getting the best of me. Time for a nap. LOL


14 posted on 02/01/2015 8:38:45 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (If you think the Mulatto Marxist is bad, just wait until the Menopausal Marxist shows up.)
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To: Steelfish

Greece has been a Socialist hell hole for years. They ran out of other people’s money.


15 posted on 02/01/2015 8:41:22 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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“what we’ve learned in the U.S. experience...is that the best way to reduce deficits and to restore fiscal soundness is to grow.”

Problem is, what he means is the gov’t needs to grow, and that’s the problem with Greece.


16 posted on 02/01/2015 8:42:46 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Steelfish

Obama sympathizing with commies? Who knew?


17 posted on 02/01/2015 8:43:32 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: L,TOWM

Don’t forget the Nine Black Robed Rulers who rubber stamp the expansion of Tyranny.

Remember, if it isn’t a FEE, it has to be a TAX, or vice versa depending on the situation. The People’s freedom rests on a coin flip at best.


18 posted on 02/01/2015 8:46:35 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (If you think the Mulatto Marxist is bad, just wait until the Menopausal Marxist shows up.)
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To: Steelfish

Check out the photo of Obama that’s in the article...Doesn’t he look way more stupid than he normally does?


19 posted on 02/01/2015 8:47:35 PM PST by bimboeruption (REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI!)
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20 posted on 02/01/2015 8:52:52 PM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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