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Mon May 7, 2012, 01:31 PM

hack89 (21,287 posts)

23. OK. Thanks for the interesting discussion. nt

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Greece election: EU and Germany firm on Athens bailout [View all]	T_i_B	May 2012	OP
And that is worth a bucket of warm spit, at this point.	bemildred	May 2012	#1
The Greeks are screwed no matter what.	hack89	May 2012	#2
No point is stringing it out.	bemildred	May 2012	#5
But the alternatives may be just as bad or even worse	hack89	May 2012	#6
Who can say?	bemildred	May 2012	#7
I can understand that position	hack89	May 2012	#9
Other than the claims of the banks, how would you know?	bemildred	May 2012	#10
We may never know except in hindsight	hack89	May 2012	#11
What about changing the repayment date the loans?	cstanleytech	May 2012	#18
Sound fine to me.	hack89	May 2012	#19
Look, these "financial wizards" have got most of what they wanted for 30+ years now	bemildred	May 2012	#12
But you have nothing to loose if the Greek choose wrong.	hack89	May 2012	#14
And you do?	bemildred	May 2012	#15
I have no strong feelings one way or the other	hack89	May 2012	#16
Tsk, that sounds so "emotional". nt	bemildred	May 2012	#17
For suggesting that the Greeks also share the blame for the mess they are in? OK. nt	hack89	May 2012	#21
For thinking that "who to blame" is the proper question to concern oneself with.	bemildred	May 2012	#22
OK. Thanks for the interesting discussion. nt	hack89	May 2012	#23
Likewise.	bemildred	May 2012	#25
No, your correct, no one put a gun to their head.	fasttense	May 2012	#32
There has been plenty of rational analysis. But the stooges of the Global Banks	sabrina 1	May 2012	#26
Iceland borrowed billions from the IMF in addition to accepting IMF austerity measures.	hack89	May 2012	#27
Iceland did what all those countries should have done.	sabrina 1	May 2012	#29
apples and ...gyroscopes	dmallind	May 2012	#28
Got anything to back up your opinion? Most credible financial analysts do not agree with you.	sabrina 1	May 2012	#30
Maybe the Greeks can	Berlin Expat	May 2012	#31
Sound like threats to me.	fasttense	May 2012	#3
As soon as they started paying their bills	HotRodTuna	May 2012	#4
The EU is the German Empire without the Kaiser.	Odin2005	May 2012	#8
Frau Merkel is not the Empress?	Jack Rabbit	May 2012	#13
How are the germans in the wrong here?	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#34
Revolt against the pirate looting of the banks!	librechik	May 2012	#20
If my deadbeat brother-in-law, who already owes me thousands, wants to keep borrowing more money	Nye Bevan	May 2012	#24
No. Which is why Greece should leave EU and build new financial bridges.	David__77	May 2012	#33
Why do you think that "help" won't come with equally onerous strings attached?	hack89	May 2012	#35
How about Greece leaves the Euro rather then the EU?	T_i_B	May 2012	#36
They are still broke regardless of what currency they are broke in. nt	hack89	May 2012	#37
But at least they would have control over their own currency	T_i_B	May 2012	#38
Judging from the massive currency outflows from Greek banks	hack89	May 2012	#40
But then you could also ask...	T_i_B	May 2012	#41
I don't know if the illusion of control really means much at the moment.	hack89	May 2012	#42
The obvious reply to that....	T_i_B	May 2012	#43
Pain either way, feel bad for the good folks of Greece	sti08dem	May 2012	#39

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