[jocon307]

To my mind there hasn’t been nearly enough focus put on how much blame for all this the Greek people, themselves, deserve.

I read somewhere today that tax evasion is the national credo, but everyone expects the government to provide for them.

The Greeks, it would appear, are a nation of takers who need other people in other countries to be the makers.

Now, how long is that going to go on? And how does leaving the Euro solve that problem for the Greeks?

And I reckon there is no acknowledgment of this within the Greek polity.

It seems they would have to change their entire world view to even begin to solve their problems. I don’t really see that happening. I suppose they will just sink into a morass of want and corruption.

[Joe Brower]

Although there are many differences between the political & economic systems of the U.S. and Europe, I submit there are also enough similarities to warrant a close eye on this whole situation. It's a living laboratory for us, as well as our own political classes here. Of course, one could make the argument that our elites are watching; problem is, they want things to go off a cliff.

If I read history correctly, these things can go bad very slowly, bad very quickly, fizzle out... you name it -- in other words, no way of knowing. Aspects of this are unprecedented in world history, but that's not uncommon. Of course, we must keep in mind that one does not make history, as the phrase goes, one merely survives it.

[cookcounty]

"A Greek exit from the 17-nation euro zone, or «Grexit» as some economists have called the once unthinkable eventuality..

Or maybe it's "HellExit" or "Hexit" for Hellenos.

[Lancey Howard]

(yawn) The socialists have run out of other people’s money - - and run out of other people’s grandchildren’s money, too. Gee, who saw this coming. I think the people who flee Greece might want to think about migrating to California. Yeah, California would be the perfect place for them. They can meditate with the locals there.

[chris_bdba]

The saddest thing is that we are in worse shape than Greece but our government doesn’t tell us the truth.Greece is at 94% spending of their GDP we just passed 101% of ours.Living way beyond a countries means has devastating consequences that we are about to see.I expect millions of homeless starving people abandoned children the whole she bang.It will be very sad to watch.If you have family there you may think about trying to get them out while you still can.

[Southack]

Why would Greece leave?! Greece is like a mooching relative who gets the keys to your house and cars and fridge.

Greece doesn’t have to leave anything. In fact, there isn’t even a legal mechanism available to kick Greece out!

Europe has to keep sending Greece money until they can figure out how to make Greece leave.

Anyone with a deadbeat relative living at home with them should be able to relate.