printAs commentators on MSNBC first pointed out, the leaders of Greece, the cradle of democracy, have sundered direct democracy in their country—a referendum on whether the country ought to leave the eurozone.
For its own good and for the good of the northern European nations funding the ongoing Bacchanalia in the south, Greece should be expelled from the eurozone. (After which the whole EU edifice should be allowed to crumble.)
If they had a moral and intellectual compass—and were permitted to chart their destinies—the people of Greece would opt to leave the eurozone and the wider European Union (EU). Under that scenario, “loser countries” would be better able to serve as cheap labor and resume exporting goods to their neighbors. Work for a living, if you remember that old-fashioned concept.
It so happens that Greece has become “The Land of Moussaka, Moochers and Looters.” If the polls are correct, the “Greek public has strongly resisted the austerity measures,” yet at the same time, “70% of them want to remain within the eurozone.”
If these polls reflect public opinion, then a referendum would have seen the Greeks decide to continue on the path they are on.
Why any person Europe would want their nation to be a member of the EU is beyond me.
I’m shocked that Greece is so full of government moochers seeing as a great majority of Greek-American’s are small business owners. (That may be a broad generalization, but I swear it’s based on my own experience.)
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I’m no economist so I can look at things simply. Whether talking about the United States, the European Union or the United Nations a good rule of thumb to follow is to have as little Government participation as possible in a nation’s economics. Alas the globe has been subjected to a few generations of socialist brainwashing and most people look to government first in these matters and don’t consider the private sector. Government people make decisions for political reasons. Merchants and manufacturers make decisions based on profit and loss. You tell me which is the most logical.
“I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.”
The Garden of Forking Paths ? – Jorge Luis Borges
The Greeks may be certain in their uncertainty, or the other way around, but determining which it is brings on a headache – so the hell with it.
One also marvels at why people want to be part of a “federal” (American) government that exercises power way way beyond common sense and beyond constiutional limits.