Your Thoughts on the $172 Billion Greece Bailout?
European Finance Ministers just provisionally agreed to a $172 billion dollar bailout (for those not familiar with the value of the dollar, that is approximately a metric fuckton of money).
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/world/europe/agreement-close-on-a-bailout-for-greece-european-finance-ministers-say.html
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A necesary expenditure or a useless waste of money they don't have?
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It might even spare the Greek economy, and they might even recover, but eventually we will all hit a new global depression. Modern economies are unsustainable. World debt out numbers world GDP by a 2:1 ratio, and it's getting worse. 1
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Glad to know that it's possible to lie, follow bad policies, live selfish lifestyles, basically not do their job well, and then still have their responsibilities taken care of. I understand that it's not the people who should be punished, but there does need to be a motivation to the government to do their job properly. 1
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This is actually a lot better than what could have been if the euro tanked completely. If Greece loses the euro, than we might as well give up on the EU because- other than Britain which wasn't stupid enough to sign in- they're all doomed. Still this is only a temporary reprieve; if Greece doesn't get it's act together, and its economy doesn't get a major shock yet again, then it might even pull through. It's a pretty delicate situation though and a lot of people are voting for it's demise. |