Go Back   Professional Soldiers ® > Area Studies > Europe

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-09-2015, 22:19   #16
Box
Quiet Professional
 
Box's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: State of Confusion
Posts: 5,746
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


Hell, our politicians will nationalize banks here in the USA just as soon as they can figure out a way deliver the sales pitch.
...or figure out a way to do it on a Saturday afternoon so no one notices.
__________________
Opinions stated in this post are solely those of the author, and in no way reflect the opinions or policies of The Department of Defense, The United States Army, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Screen Actors Guild, The Boy Scouts, The Good, The Bad, or The Ugly. These opinions are provided purely as overly sarcastic social commentary and are not meant to be used for mission planning or navigation.

"Make sure your own mask is secure before assisting others"
-Airplane Safety Briefing
Box is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-10-2015, 02:01   #17
Mustang Man
Guerrilla
 
Mustang Man's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: NYC
Posts: 286
I'm over in Greece right now and other than long lines at ATMs it hardly feels like a national crisis here. A good chunk of people are fairly ignorant of this whole ordeal. The people just voted no on the last referendum and are now worried about Greece leaving the EU. Seriously? What did they expect when voting no?

Majority of Greeks here are just as ignorant about basic economics & politics as most Americans are, the parallels are pretty depressing.

I had a very interesting discussion with my uncle the other day. He mentioned one of the big reasons Greece is in its current is because of all the dead beat useless government/public sector jobs. Majority of the workers are lazy, incompetent, and there is much fat to be trimmed. Haha tell me about it, I told him you need to come to the US then see how public/government unions operate and visit some managements with a title starting with "Department" or "Federal".

Just like with with the US, it' the young & ignorant that stay behind and support the socialist Syrizia party while the older conservatives oppose them.
__________________
"Thanking Obama for killing Bin Laden is like going into McDonalds and thanking Ronald McDonald for the hamburger. It's the guy cooking the burger that should get the credit, not the clown."

BMT
Mustang Man is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-10-2015, 03:44   #18
Flagg
Area Commander
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 1,423
Ultimately, what did existing EU countries expect?

For Greece to instantly change its trailer trash profligate ways?

Greece's failure is the EU's failure.

A failed experiment.

Each year, various states in the U.S. Contribute more to the Republic, than they receive in federal spending, other states are on Republic welfare with usual suspects on both the contribution and welfare ends of the spectrum.

But you don't see contributory surplus States threatening to disown the seeming perpetual welfare states like you do in the EU.

The U.S. Certainly needs to change eventually(sooner the better), but as a financial Union, Germany complaining about Greece spending too much and having to foot the bill is like California threatening to throw Mississippi out of the Republic.

The EU is a failure. Greece is just another canary in the coal mine.

No single EU Central Bank capable of issuing bonds is a huge weakness, only surpassed by its linguistic, ethnic, and cultural divides.

For all the problems in the US today and tomorrow, it could be worse. Far worse.

It could be the EU.
Flagg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-03-2015, 08:49   #19
mark46th
Quiet Professional
 
mark46th's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Orange, Ca.
Posts: 4,941
Wondering why the Euro bank is willing to bail Greece out?

One must understand how corrupt the banking system is in Europe. I'm sure there are 'Commissions" and "Rebates" being paid to facilitate these loans. Remember, Europe is the home of FIFA and the Olympic Headquarters. They would sell their own mothers if there was money in it for them.
mark46th is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-03-2015, 09:26   #20
Box
Quiet Professional
 
Box's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: State of Confusion
Posts: 5,746
It's disturbing to watch considering how many of our elected officials parrot their desire to be "more like the Europeans"

...if only we were smart enough to listen to our enlightened leaders
__________________
Opinions stated in this post are solely those of the author, and in no way reflect the opinions or policies of The Department of Defense, The United States Army, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Screen Actors Guild, The Boy Scouts, The Good, The Bad, or The Ugly. These opinions are provided purely as overly sarcastic social commentary and are not meant to be used for mission planning or navigation.

"Make sure your own mask is secure before assisting others"
-Airplane Safety Briefing
Box is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:10.



Copyright 2004-2022 by Professional Soldiers ®
Site Designed, Maintained, & Hosted by Hilliker Technologies