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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Lol, what?
They were that way, WAY before they had the issues of today... what you listed is the talking points "after" the fact.
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Did you even read my post?
If they were that way WAY before shouldn't they be blaming themselves : "greece" instead of the Germans, the IMF the EU...
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Greece is where America is going, for the exact same reasons. Borrow big and spend it on your friends, ask for help - get more loans, pay more friends, move what free money they do have (ie our states) spend that in markets, and lose it big money friends.... then cut spending that they need money to pay back interest but they have none because they spend it all, thus they cut education, wages, pensions, etc... to free up money, and finally, blame the people for the problems when the people never created them.
Social systems do not bankrupt countries... politicians do.
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Right wingers usual do that, surprised you'd do the same: rationalizing a situation by comparing it to the US. 750 000 civil servants in Greece, a country of 10M. If anything they are raping the social systems, it's about profiteering, privileges and corruption. It is estimated each Greek spends $2000 a year on backhanders, 25% of greeks admit cheating on their taxes...I could go on and on. not saying saying they're lazy, I'm sure many are hard working people but they need to take a good hard look at themselves before pointing fingers
