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Gregorian

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Thu Nov-03-11 06:09 PM
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7. Against. The bailout only postpones the inevitable crash.

Then the system can rebuild. Until it crashes, it's the same old corrupt system of greedy 1%'ers.

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-If you were a Greek citizen would you vote for or against the bailout?	white_wolf	Nov-03-11 06:02 PM	#0
- Greece being the birthplace of democracy I would choose democracy.	FarLeftFist	Nov-03-11 06:04 PM	#1
- I wouldn't vote for anything that didn't have teeth in it	Warpy	Nov-03-11 06:05 PM	#2
- It not just the rich there	dipsydoodle	Nov-03-11 06:15 PM	#11
- Possibly, unless they really drag the rest of Europe down with the default.	Warpy	Nov-03-11 06:26 PM	#18
- When it comes to holidays,	dipsydoodle	Nov-03-11 06:40 PM	#26
- I think Greece should vote for (at least it would stabilize the World's economies	Rosa Luxemburg	Nov-03-11 06:06 PM	#3
- I would vote against the enslavement of my country by the IMF	sabrina 1	Nov-03-11 06:08 PM	#4
- Damn I didn't hear that. Thanks for the update.	white_wolf	Nov-03-11 06:10 PM	#8
- I just read somewhere that George Papandreou has offered to step down as well. n/t	teddy51	Nov-03-11 06:16 PM	#12
- Greece is all ready experiencing massive...	CoffeeCat	Nov-03-11 06:30 PM	#21
- Merkel made a disturbing statement the other day	sabrina 1	Nov-03-11 06:42 PM	#27
- It's now pretty unlikely that the referendum will happen at all	RZM	Nov-03-11 06:08 PM	#5
- Against (nt)	ret5hd	Nov-03-11 06:09 PM	#6
- Against. The bailout only postpones the inevitable crash.	Gregorian	Nov-03-11 06:09 PM	#7
- Ultimately it will crash...	CoffeeCat	Nov-03-11 06:26 PM	#19
- Which is just what we did here in the USA.	Gregorian	Nov-03-11 07:23 PM	#38
- Last I heard the referendum was canceled anyway...	Imajika	Nov-03-11 06:13 PM	#9
- Against	KansDem	Nov-03-11 06:14 PM	#10
- ^^ THAT, right there, is the bigger picture which most people don't understand.	Kaleko	Nov-03-11 06:20 PM	#15
- Thank you for posting this...would you please...	CoffeeCat	Nov-03-11 06:29 PM	#20
- I second your request.	Kaleko	Nov-03-11 08:38 PM	#43
- Completed.	KansDem	Nov-04-11 08:58 AM	#53
- Gracias!	CoffeeCat	Nov-04-11 10:01 AM	#56
- KansDem...	KansDem	Nov-04-11 08:58 AM	#52
- against. too bad it was canceled.	Taverner	Nov-03-11 06:16 PM	#13
- AGAINST...	CoffeeCat	Nov-03-11 06:18 PM	#14
- I would educate the people to do what Iceland did!	Fire Walk With Me	Nov-03-11 06:23 PM	#16
- Uhhh..... let's see.....	Turbineguy	Nov-03-11 06:25 PM	#17
- The trouble with your post is that the austerity measures will be put on the backs of those	county worker	Nov-03-11 06:33 PM	#22
- You are absolutely correct.	Turbineguy	Nov-03-11 08:30 PM	#42
- So the Greeks are rioting	MedleyMisty	Nov-03-11 06:33 PM	#23
- Definitely against	MedleyMisty	Nov-03-11 06:35 PM	#24
- Against. It can never be repaid back. nt	tsuki	Nov-03-11 06:39 PM	#25
- Against	PuraVidaDreamin	Nov-03-11 06:44 PM	#28
- I would vote against bailouts.	girl gone mad	Nov-03-11 06:44 PM	#29
- And what about our debts? Yup that's what I think will happen to our young people too.	dkf	Nov-03-11 07:04 PM	#30
- Curtail the spending by stopping the aggregious tax cuts -	TBF	Nov-03-11 07:06 PM	#33
- We have a sovereign currency.	girl gone mad	Nov-03-11 07:11 PM	#34
- By your measure Greece going to the Drachma will solve everything.	dkf	Nov-03-11 07:17 PM	#35
- It won't solve everything.	girl gone mad	Nov-03-11 07:22 PM	#37
- So why do you insist that we can pay our bills because we have fiat money, yet not explain the	dkf	Nov-03-11 07:44 PM	#40
- What do you perceive to be the downside?	girl gone mad	Nov-03-11 07:58 PM	#41
- Hyperinflation.	dkf	Nov-03-11 09:05 PM	#44
- Hyperinflation is not a real threat.	girl gone mad	Nov-03-11 10:24 PM	#47
- When shadow banking collapsed printing just refilled the hole.	dkf	Nov-03-11 10:33 PM	#48
- Then look at it as refilling the hole..	girl gone mad	Nov-04-11 03:35 AM	#49
- Against - no more bailouts for the billionaires (no matter which country they are in). nt	TBF	Nov-03-11 07:05 PM	#31
- You can vote not to pay your debts, but you can't vote to force others to provide new financing.	Romulox	Nov-03-11 07:05 PM	#32
- I also don't think there will be a vote.	ellisonz	Nov-04-11 03:54 AM	#50
- Doesn't matter since it looks like there will not be a vote	ProgressiveProfessor	Nov-03-11 07:22 PM	#36
- ENRON creditors got five cents on the dollar	Downwinder	Nov-03-11 07:28 PM	#39
- Not saying they shouldn't	dipsydoodle	Nov-04-11 04:09 AM	#51
- Death of derivatives. They are artificial and should not be counted as securities.	Downwinder	Nov-04-11 09:01 AM	#54
- Don't know all the details but...	moondust	Nov-03-11 09:23 PM	#45
- Problem is, all the mainstream economic experts have solid ties to Wall Street.	closeupready	Nov-04-11 09:22 AM	#55
- If I were Greek, I'd have another ouzo.	FarCenter	Nov-03-11 10:02 PM	#46

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