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Greek PM calls EU plans 'timid'

Greek PM calls EU plans 'timid'

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8513430.stm

pay up, boys.

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"Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has criticised the European Union's response to the country's financial crisis as timid and too slow."

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I wonder how long before the Chinese are drawing up an "austerity plan" for the US.

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Originally posted by Sleepyguy
I wonder how long before the Chinese are drawing up an "austerity plan" for the US.
An intriguing question.

Study Sino/Soviet relations circa 1936-1957

It would indeed be interesting to know what kind of "friend" parts his enemy’s hair at the exact best spot for the axe.

But what do I know? Surely they all love Obama and stuff.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
"Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has criticised the European Union's response to the country's financial crisis as timid and too slow."
Greece should take care of its own problems, why should others help out?

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TBTF

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they're burning EU flags in Greece, or trying to 😵

http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/PT-AN803_CovJum_D_20100212165932.jpg

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703525704575061172926967984.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

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http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/PT-AN795_Cover__D_20100212210851.jpg

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😴

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8513430.stm

pay up, boys.
And when their done they can bail out California. 😛

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Originally posted by generalissimo
Greece should take care of its own problems, why should others help out?
The same reason illegals in the states deserve medical care and free schooling. Nationality means nothing now, so pay up!! 😠

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Originally posted by generalissimo
Greece should take care of its own problems, why should others help out?
Greece joined the E.U. in 1981. I take it you know what the E.U. is?

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It looks like the EU wants Greece to impose "austerity measures" in the middle of a deep recession (Greece's unemployment rate is over 10😵. This is the standard way rich countries treat Third World ones (i.e. the Eastern Asian crisis of the 1990's) but the Greeks must have thought that being in the Western Boys' Club entitled them to be treated like the G-8 countries.

Obviously these policies are aimed at protecting the interests of banks and big debtors while the Greek economy is expected to crash in order to make it "competitive" in the long run.

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