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Lucky Luciano

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11. A little late to suddenly ask for reparations now.

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 09:37 AM

Jul 2015

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Asking Germany for reparations is clearly a desperate move made out of no where. Had their finances been fine, the Greeks never would have requested reparations.

I would leave Greece the option of rejoining the Euro if they collected taxes properly - which means hitting their wealthy hard - doubt that will happen.

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Post removed Post removed Jul 2015 #1

The determination re: who is part of the eurozone is not an internal affair of any one country. nt FBaggins Jul 2015 #3

Nor is it the purview of any one single elected official, especially a fucking German. - nt KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #4

A "fucking German" is who Greece expects to bail them out. 7962 Jul 2015 #5

Well, actually no, but Germany owes Greece massive reparations for what KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #7

A little late to suddenly ask for reparations now. Lucky Luciano Jul 2015 #11

The stories i am reading Kelvin Mace Jul 2015 #19

And that is exactly what happened. Aerows Jul 2015 #25

Greece intended to raise taxes on the rich, but that the ECB said that was unacceptable Angel Martin Jul 2015 #39

So to clarify: Germany today is responsible for the actions of it's predecessor Government... brooklynite Jul 2015 #27

Not the first person I'd think of when "Nazi" is mentioned. Igel Jul 2015 #8

Um, Schulz' barely-veiled threat is very Nazi-esque (as in "We have ways KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #9

You're repeating Berlusconi's slur against Schulz muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #12

So you don't believe in self-determination of peoples? NutmegYankee Jul 2015 #15

Disagree about whether Germans 'deserved' their homeland 'whole,' especially with KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #17

Do you not understand the history of Europe? NutmegYankee Jul 2015 #21

6,000,000 Jews and 25,000,000 Soviets might have something to do with it. Also, I maintain KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #22

I still don't understand your position. NutmegYankee Jul 2015 #24

Using that logic, does Belgium deserve a homeland... Marengo Jul 2015 #41

Better to use violence to preserve an oppressive state like the DDR... Marengo Jul 2015 #16

You may come to see such an opinion as Pollyanna-ish when the full might KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #23

Maybe because Greece wants his money. former9thward Jul 2015 #31

Using the term Nazi is disgusting and offensive iandhr Jul 2015 #32

Or what? nt bemildred Jul 2015 #2

Bartering becomes the only means of exchange. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #20

Yeah, that's the official line bucolic_frolic Jul 2015 #6

The German booboisie who summer in Greece will continue to pay KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #10

Nothing like voting with a gun to your head CanonRay Jul 2015 #13

A lot of countries have private printers print their money vinny9698 Jul 2015 #14

Zimbabwe certainly has one of those printers. former9thward Jul 2015 #33

Don't you hate it when you have to make change and you only have millions? brooklynite Jul 2015 #46

Bitcoin for a democratic currency. Fuck the banksters! Gregorian Jul 2015 #18

Right...because NOBODY loses money with bitcoin, right? brooklynite Jul 2015 #26

Bitcoin is up 20 today. Psephos Jul 2015 #35

Mt. Gox brooklynite Jul 2015 #36

Please. Psephos Jul 2015 #37

Bernie Madoff is in jail brooklynite Jul 2015 #38

Look! A squirrel! Psephos Jul 2015 #40

hope Schulzie is prepared to eat some crow. magical thyme Jul 2015 #28

I wish this were the case.. sendero Jul 2015 #42

well it might make the Troika feel better right now to beat on Greece some more, but magical thyme Jul 2015 #43

Oh I agree... sendero Jul 2015 #44

tyler durden/zero hedge has hypothesized that it might have been their goal magical thyme Jul 2015 #45

Not so bad? MTJ Jul 2015 #29

This last-ditch effort to frighten the Greeks has apparenty failed, reorg Jul 2015 #30

Schulz can go shove it. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #34

Greece should just start printing more Euros. roamer65 Jul 2015 #47