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Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Ireland walk into a bar.
Who pays for the drinks?
Germany.
Who pays for the drinks?
Germany.
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do you understand it wasn't the greek people that borrowed this money?
it was the government!
So what do you see as the outcome if Greece had to withdraw from the Euro and issue their own Drachma again ?
...and today bank shares have fallen.
What has changed since yesterday then?
Actually, you missed out an important part that's particularly relevant in this case...Either way Greece is the symtom of the the foolishness of all the complex financial dealings without accountability which brings economic depression (1920s anyone) but not the cause. In short banks/bankers in the EU are as greedy and as irresponsible as those in the US.
Actually, you missed out an important part that's particularly relevant in this case...
What did the Greeks do with the money they borrowed? Well, much of it was spent buying German manufactured goods so Greek debt became a German surplus. Now, the German's cry foul when they're asked to underwrite the Greek economy - with the same money that the Greeks borrowed to buy their goods
So if the UK govt had let Northern Rock, RBS and BOS go to the wall how do you think that would have affected us?
Note LLoyds are not included as I feel if the others went to the wall LLoyds wouldn't have stepped in and took on the debt they did which basically stuffed them.
(Why would tiny Greece need 156 fighter jets that's anyone's guess).
Greece has some territorial and neighbourly problems that the rest of Europe tends to overlook.
How many fighters do we have?
We would be in a much better position if they had let the insolvent banks go to the wall. You said it yourself, Lloyds would be a much healthier bank and other smaller banks would have grown into the void left by these bankrupt institutions, this is meant to be a free market!
Like Turkey is going to invade ??? Hmmm Greece is part of NATO (and i think Turkey is too)..so that isn't going to happen.
How many fighters do we have?
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