German Tax Collectors Are Volunteering For Duty In Greece

[DonCoquixote]

41. I do not defend the greeks

However, the Germans have no Halos. They liked the idea of an EU when they could order about weaker countries, but now, they hate the idea of helping them.

Guess what Berlin. YOU wanted a federal government, YOU wanted to be the new superpower (although it seems China beat you to it.) As the Russians and we Yanks can tell you, part of that is dealing with the weaker states that have no shot in hell of being as productive as others, yet demand a good share of the spoils, and who will still spit on you, and tell their children to hate you and dream of the day when they will kill you. The Soviets had Belarus, we have Texas.

Admittedly, you are reluctant because back in the days of the masstrict treaty, Schroder cut his budget, and others, namely France and England, just blew cigarette smoke in your face and said "You cut your budget!" Schroder lost to Merkel.

However, none of that hides the fact you had ambitions. True, so did London and Paris, but London never committed to the Euro, and Paris was never going to be predictable enough; one minute they might vote Sarkozy, next a full communist, and the next, Le Pen. You balking at the idea of helping a state (and by that, I do not mean simply trying to get more power) is comic. And we are not supposed to laugh? Add to this you want to slash the very social programs that made Europeans glad they were not Americans.

I thank you, because just when I had begun to think that our system was beyond remdemption, when I had wondered if our constitution really was a "piece of paper", you go ahead and remind us that some aspects of the Federal experiment were done right here. Yes, we are screwed, but so are you, and right now, it looks like Beijing is shaking their heads at us all. Not that they are any less screwed.