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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:50 PM Original message |
Greece on verge of default as doubt grows over €8bn bailout |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Conservatives: "See? Socialism doesn't work!" |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What doesn't work is perpetual sovereign borrowing for current expenses. n/t |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Right; they've got to COLLECT taxes. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. We are past the point where this sort of inept bleating is going to accomplish anything. nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Whatever it is, the Greek system/culture doesn't work. |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. I just read in the Scandinavian press |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Germany wants Greece to "kickstart its economy and improve competitveness." |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. if Greece has an ounce of brains they will follow Iceland's lead. nt |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Presumably you mean |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I think Iceland's and Ireland's problem was different from Greece's. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 05:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Sorta..... |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Nothing to see here, move along...your fiend...er friend, The Bernank. |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Greece needs a Bernanke -- they don't have one |
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potone (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. The previous conservative government is largely to blame. |
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