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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:33 PM Original message |
Would you put up with what is being asked of the Greek people? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. Im an American |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The real question is what would happen if Greece turned it down? /nt |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Worse most likely |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Their elected parliment voted for it. They didn't have to accept it. If the citizens |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Or, maybe, throw them out? nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. If they have enough support they can dissolve parliment and call for new elections |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. We should adopt that. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. What choice do they have? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. What would have happened if they turned it down? Another problem is |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They would have run out of cash. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Sure you can, all sorts of people, governments, etc. do it all the time. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Greece doesn't have its own currency, it uses the Euro. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Some people, apparently, think that was a mistake. nt |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. It was a mistake. |
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Knight Hawk (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Cannot do |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Watch it happen. nt |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. No, not of their own making. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't know according to our MSM Greece is an example of |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Amazing |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Unless it also came with a plan to tax the uber rich |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. i'm not seeing the problem . . . |
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Knight Hawk (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Seven cardinal sins |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't know where you have been lately but some people have taken pay cuts to keep their |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So, compared to the Greeks, you are screwed? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. No, and in the midst of a recession caused by a drop in private spending.. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hell yes. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The record would not be on your side. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. My point is |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Because spending way more than you take in works so well |
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terrapinwelcher (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. The USA |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. I understand why they're angry |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
30. Richest 2% own half all global wealth, but the workers have to give up their wages? |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. +1 Thank you. nt |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Thank You bread_and_roses |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Yep, wages have been flat since the mid-70s in the US. It's no mistake |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Kicked but too late to recommend. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. ttt |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. I guess virtually all of us would put up with it if the alternative were no jobs. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 04:06 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Revolution is always a choice. n/t |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 04:46 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I hate to be negative, but I've always believed the elite take over the revolution too. |
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