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Quote from: carlosiness on February 11, 2015, 07:35:21 PM

one of the most laziest nationalities in euro zone... same southerners syndrom, money without work.

Have you ever been to Greece? I have, and I've seen plenty of people working their asses off. Calling all Greeks lazy is short sighted and untrue. The problems of Greece are corruption, socialism, a culture of tax evasion, lack of a decent industry sector, the Euro, and currently austerity. So yes, Greece has plenty of problems, but I wouldn't list overall laziness.

Calling Greeks for "lazy" is the official Northern European MSM doctrine to justify why the industries in Greece (and other PIGS countries - just look up, who coined up this term) went belly up and why their agriculture was uprooted (hint: it happened shortly after joining EU, and IMF was involved in the plunder).

Just watch these episodes:
"Alex": A story about Greece's international image crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehsxIjeRaME

"Alex" episode 2: The Lazy Greek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad0n-eX_cYI

Quote from: soy on February 08, 2015, 09:16:32 PM

You say the Greeks are courting a Russian bailout? My guess is the Bear is in no position to bail out anybody. When times get tough go to war - it's a simple solution to unemployment especially in the defense economy sector.

Maybe someday after petroleum is all pumped and burned, the EU will become a de facto satellite of Russia or freeze. Not going to see a trans-Atlantic natural gas pipeline anytime soon.

Russia is actually in quite a good position to bail out friendly states. It has good financial reserve, and small, relative to its GDP, foreign debt. The main question here: should it? None of the previous cases of Russian/Soviet generosity in economic support were appreciated or beneficial for Russia.

Greece was almost a third world country a few decades ago and would go back to being a third world country if they left the EU but not if they only leave the Euro.

Interesting opinion, and if they will leave only the EU zone and create a new "currency", would it be a good idea? Or do you think the ECB will not allow "this" and other actions?

They can if they want to but I think they will suffer more if they leave the Euro.

Greece wants the other European countries to pay for what it promised before the elections. The greek made huge efforts and it is paying since they have a surplus but if they stop the reforms they will improve their situation.