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Can governments take responsibility for the results of their own actions? by blackwater 07/07/2015, 9:26am PDT Or is it just going to be the same old "blame everything on the outsiders, and keep on going as usual" bullshit? If the Greek government is a puppet regime, it's a pretty shitty puppet. It has done almost nothing of what Germany, the US, or the "troika" wanted it to do. The Greek governent collects almost nothing in taxes. It blows millions on pensions for people who don't exist and disability payments to people who aren't disabled. "In a country of 11 million people, only 5,000 admitted they earned more than $100,000 a year." In an area with 300 officially registered swimming pools, Google Earth satellite imagery showed more than 20,000 pools. http://nypost.com/2015/07/05/decades-of-fraud-have-swindled-greeks-out-of-billions/ This the world that socialism gave Greece: a world where fraud is routine, personal responsibility is non-existent, and problems are always the fault of outsiders. You don't work for a living, you get your buddies in the government to give you handouts. If you borrow money and you can't pay it back, it's the fault of the chump who lent it to you or of the world for being a harsh place. Nothing is ever the fault of the government and the role of the government is to give out handouts, not to enforce the law. It sickens me to see grown adults acting like children. It's like Venezuela where there are now long lines that people wait in every day for bread. And there often isn't enough bread to go around so the people at the end of the line get nothing. The rate of malnutrition for children is now growing in Venezuela, all as a result of the government's horrible economic policies. But don't expect anyone to take responsbility-- it must be the US's fault for not giving enough money to their far-left regime. Socialism always ends the same way. At least the USSR had the guts to take responsbility for its own failures-- their pride wouldn't let them blame everything on the US.

(chugs Ouzo) FUCK YOU EUROPE I CAN DO WHAT I WANT (barf) NT by Greece 07/05/2015, 11:50am PDT     No good deed goes unpunished. by Oom Shnibble 07/05/2015, 12:33pm PDT         Greece is the nicest country I have visited so far by Eurotrash 07/05/2015, 2:32pm PDT             Slightly more trustworthy than Gypsies NT by Greece 07/05/2015, 2:43pm PDT     It's a good look at what happens when the 1st world far right gain total control NT by literal neo nazis 07/05/2015, 4:14pm PDT         or us NT by anti-tax zealots 07/05/2015, 8:43pm PDT             Greece has the biggest anti-tax zealots in the world NT by 90% of revenue uncollected! 07/06/2015, 10:11am PDT         Not sure if troll... Angela Merkel and Francis Hollande are "far-right"? by blackwater 07/06/2015, 2:57pm PDT             Which political leaning pushes for austerity? by hint: it aint left 07/06/2015, 10:06pm PDT                 Can governments take responsibility for the results of their own actions? by blackwater 07/07/2015, 9:26am PDT                     Your narrative is a little simple by Mysterio 07/07/2015, 11:48am PDT                         Well the EU just told Greece to shit or get off the pot (the pot being the Euro) NT by WITTGENSTEIN 07/07/2015, 2:11pm PDT                         I never said that Greeks were lazy, or that German/Euro decisions were smart by blackwater 07/07/2015, 6:29pm PDT                     If the CIA were still fucking with Greece this would be about the time the Junta NT by took Tsipras out ala Papandreou 07/07/2015, 1:01pm PDT                 right on schedule by fabio 07/18/2015, 11:13pm PDT         America's next with that hard right conservative Obama as president! by kate leth 07/06/2015, 6:57pm PDT             Yeah, it's SYRIZA that's in office, not Chrysi Avgi NT by Start printing those Drachmas 07/06/2015, 8:57pm PDT     Greeks forgave German debt. Nice to see them remember it. by Souffle of Pain 07/08/2015, 6:11pm PDT         That's because US Marshall Plan assistance was conditional on it by WITTGENSTEIN 07/09/2015, 8:12am PDT             Fortinbras calling anyone stupid. Step this way. NT by the looking glass 07/09/2015, 9:31am PDT             I guess that means that the debt wasn't forgiven, then. by Souffle of Pain 07/09/2015, 12:28pm PDT                 I expect it'll go like that time you decided to be an internet tough guy over by "The Interview" 07/09/2015, 1:00pm PDT                     Oh yeah, you did the same thing in that thread. by Souffle of Pain 07/09/2015, 3:01pm PDT                         You guys are not that different. NT by A Scared Regular 07/10/2015, 11:28am PDT             Why hold a grudge? NT by Mysterio Lollerson 07/09/2015, 5:27pm PDT         Fuck you. I said this first. CUNT! NT by Oom Shnibble 07/10/2015, 10:14am PDT