What is up with Greece?!!!!

fit4mom
fit4mom Posts: 1,352 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
This is crazy. Sorry I am mfp website illiterate so I can only post links. They've been in a recession for 5 years and now the gov is trying to save itself from bankruptsy. Makes me wonder if were not gonna be next. Not worried about it. Just a little crazy! It blows me away to see people get so riled up. WOW. Crazyness!

http://gu.com/p/35d5k

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  • artargeros
    artargeros Posts: 8
    My opinion - Parliament needs to go first - all of them are over paid and them and their staffers make alot of money while the little guy is asked to make all the changes. Very under reported!
  • fit4mom
    fit4mom Posts: 1,352 Member
    Problem is when you remove a leaderships somebody else has to step in. Leaders have recently been kicked out of position in other countries and there is talk of lumping the countries together under one leader. So kicking the parliment out might not be great. The same thing is basically going on here. This morning on the news they said the gov. is cutting tax breaks and adding taxes. Plus were still in a recession. Just makes you wonder. Plus the tax cuts being taken away and added taxes don't make sence to me in the terms of finances.
  • charm_quark
    charm_quark Posts: 315 Member
    I'm Greek, although I don't know the answer to your question. I just know that I lost my job recently and I can't find any other. The main salary has become about 500 euros/ month and unemployment rates are about 20% if I remember well.
    And yes, a lot of money has been wasted from politics and governments through many years. And Europe knew it but as we were "good" consumers didn't bother at all. Then they called IMF to find the solution. The politic system is corrupted not only in Greece but in the whole world.
    I'm not having so good vocabulary in English to explain what is happening here, but you could see the following video:
    Max Keiser: 'Greece run by financial terrorists"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2vsYdReMCg
  • charm_quark
    charm_quark Posts: 315 Member
    And also please see this video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6szSpFqB0I

    "Economic crisis is like a cancer. If you just wait thinking that this is gone away, just like a cancer is gone grow and it will be too late.... Get prepared"
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