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Like Greece?

• ben_w 8y ago
  Yes, like Greece, who the EU helped by getting their creditors to back off and give up some of their claims.
  • DyslexicAtheist 8y ago
    after 2008 the EU had a gun to their had and were made to sign loans that they could never ever repay. they were lent that money because private citizens mostly owned their homes. Yanis Varoufakis gives good insight into what happened. e.g. "The Euro Has Never Been More Problematic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSg9X3q2gc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSg9X3q2gc Germany should not and can not be made responsible for bailing these countries out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtrrN2uWUl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtrrN2uWUl8
    • ben_w 8y ago
      I am unlcear what point you are making. Are you saying the other EU member states should have let one of their own fail?
  • thesaint 8y ago
    Is that what you believe? The EU bankrupted Greece then asset stripped them..
    • ben_w 8y ago
      Asset stripping is generally what happens to those who are in default on their debts. The EU reduced that asset stripping from what the creditors could’ve demanded — but did not eliminate it entirely.
      • thesaint 8y ago
        Utter rubbish. You need serious de-programming..