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to sell off the country to banksters and crooks (if they find buyers that is, else they'll give it away)

Well, anyone with half a brain will realise that any sale has a fair chance of being declared null and void (exacted under duress) by a future government and that it will generate very little revenue in the interim.

Obviously the Troika doesn't have half a brain between the three of them since they haven't realised this.

Does the Greek government really believe this bullshit, or are they just going through the motions for both the Troika and the Greek people?

Economics is politics by other means

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 30th, 2011 at 02:45:48 AM EST
Could it be possible that the Greek government is going to default but just wants as much bailout as it can get before pulling the trigger?
by tjbuff (timhess@adelphia.net) on Thu Jun 30th, 2011 at 02:01:01 PM EST
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The problem is the amount of damage the social fabric is sustaining in Greece is already intolerable.

Economics is politics by other means
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 30th, 2011 at 02:29:11 PM EST
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Oh, the Greek government is going to default. The only question is when and on whom.

Economics is politics by other means
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 30th, 2011 at 02:31:31 PM EST
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Arguably, the government has already defaulted on its citizens.

So the question is, who else is it going to default on?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jun 30th, 2011 at 06:10:21 PM EST
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Migeru:
Obviously the Troika doesn't have half a brain between the three of them since they haven't realised this.

getting an invisible hand job can have that effect...

they are pawns. they are gamblers. they are eventual toast, even if they do 'win' this round.

the people want the justice stolen from their/our world.

it's quite the contrast with s/c america huh? where social democracies unite to protect each other from pred-cap instead of lining up for ritual disembowelment_...

i guess italian pols are watching all this very carefully.

...and shuffling off capital to quieter climes.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 30th, 2011 at 09:03:29 PM EST
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