That is a lie. You read TOTALY fake news
The referendum vote result was NO to EU deal. with HUGE margin against deal with the EU.
The result was NOT to stay.
The goverment said "Well people voted NO the deal, but no to the deal means leaving Eurozone, and people don't want that. So we turn the NO to a yes and make a deal anyway"
EU has a history of disregarding referendums (to be more accurate, working around them), like the true Democracy that it is....
What worsened Greece's economy wasn't "austerity"--they never implemented austerity--it was their need to be contrary that did it.
They (the politicans hey elected) went out of their way to prove "austerity" wouldn't work so they could deflect attention away from their corruption.
What's that got to do with their economy? The Eurozone is "the group of European Union nations whose national currency is the euro", they could manipulate their own drachma currency as to appear stronger to get out of the shit they've put themselves in due to raising minimum wages and pensions, without relying on a strong economy.
Greece should leave the euro, and goldman & sach should be held responsible
Because their economy will never get better. Their suicide, homelessness and energy poverty levels will stay high.
It's shameful how German, Dutch, finish and other politicians are crucifying the Greek people to score cheap populist votes.
It's a stain on all of Europe.
Well, that is what happens when a person or nation chooses to buy a bunch of shit they can't afford. Eventually it bites them.
The alternative, extracting those resources from everyone else, is both unfair and creates a terrible set of incentives going forward. Why bother to budget when you can always just choose not to pay?
The only thing that separates the US and Greece, is that the US has debt in its own currency.
If it wasn't for that US world currency status US gets, and which is trying very hard to discard - US would look just like Greece.
Challenge Mode : Play WoW like my disability has me play:
You will need two people, Brian MUST use the mouse for movement/looking and John MUST use the keyboard for casting, attacking, healing etc.
Briand and John share the same goal, same intentions - but they can't talk to each other, however they can react to each other's in game activities.
Now see how far Brian and John get in WoW.
If they default on their loans, then every country that owes them money should place immediate sanctions against them. If Greece does not learn from their mistakes, they will continue making the same ones. The government and the people need to be more responsible, and stop pushign so much welfare.
I see your at it again with your thinly veiled "I hate the EU" threads Cybran Cybranovich, You really should put "Im a mindless Putinista drone, and I love everything Putin and Russia does" in your signature.
Your the "Insert random eastern european country" hatemonger, who believes the EU has fucked your country over, but the matter of the fact, is we are sending your damn country millions of Euros, that the other EU countries have earned. Just because your goverment is corrupt as hell, and keep the money we send you, doesnt mean we are the evil ones. You should root out your corrupt politicians, instead of laying the blame at our door.
Or better yet, move to Russia, I hear they dont have any corruption and that everyone gets their fair share of the money putin hauls in from the massive gas industry.
The person who defaults is still responsible for that decision. They are still the one who took out a loan that they could not afford. They are the one who went back on their promise.
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But, it does not teach PEOPLE to behave responsibly. It does not force them to be responsible. Greece did not fail due to the irresponsibility of banks, it failed, because the people and the government were irresponsible.