Dear GB I've heard what this Professor has said! Everything very interesting and well-founded. But this valued Professor is bearing his responsibility only for his own portemonnaie and NOT for all the tax money of the entire EU-backers.
What, exactly, has that got to do with the fact that he argues convincingly that it is not in Germany's interest to fail to reach a deal? He is explaining, intelligently, that it would be WORSE for Germany if they force Greece out.
So wherefrom comes the money for Greece - well, from the taxes of all the workers and employees in the whole EU!
Who is arguing we should not do what is best for all of us? DEFINITELY not me!
The reason I disagree with you is that you want to do what is WORST for all of us!
Without such a heavy responsibility this good Professor can talk as much as he will! It is only his personal opinion - I have another one and many, many others too!!!
NO!
It is his PROFESSIONAL OPINION, not personal, PROFESSIONAL. Your opinion is personal, and unlike the professor, you have provided ZERO actual support for it. You say it is your opinion, but you have not presented as single factual basis for it. He most certainly has backed his up with actual research and scholarly work.
Would you argue about open heart surgery advice from a cardiovascular surgeon like this? "oh sure, he thinks the patient would do better if we did a bypass, but that's just his personal opinion"
And as I just heard in the radio-news, the Finance Ministers of the EU now are finally brassed off by the slight of hands from Tsipras-Varoufakis & Co. It will give no more money! A totally correct decision after all this back and forth of the last weeks.
I know - Europe has just punched itself in the face because it's ill-educated politicians were fed up trying to do their job properly.
Pulling the plug on Greece is a stupid decision we will all live to regret. It's not the Greece history will judge harshly!
As a European, I am disgusted by how inept our so-called leaders have been thought the last decade of crisis.
Sorry dear GB, I don't want to insult you - which has never been my purpose. You have your preconceived opinion, which you have forced on by statements of some Professors. But as I said all these Professors are as well only men and not omniscient Gods.
I have actually taken part in a discussion. I have spent HOURS reading and gathering FACTS to present a REASONED argument. You have not. I'm not the one who is just hanging on to their own opinions despite the evidence. I AM THE ONE BRINGING EVIDENCE, you have brought NONE!
I think to give more money to Greece will be tantamount to burn it at once.
Because you have not taken the time to actually understand the problem.
If the Greek Government will not finally awake from their utopian dreams and if they will not behaving any longer like defiant children - than will be there no sunshine anymore and this country will crash down! They are living on the edge!
Your prejudiced fact-free stereotype of Greece has been shown to be wrong. Fine, cling to it, but you can't use your fantasies to convince me of anything.
These Tsipras & Co's asking for credits but they are not ready to acquiesce to provide collaterals. And what is more than naughty - they are trying to dictate the conditions to the money lenders - which are all the tax-payers in the rest of the EU.
Dear GB try with this Tsipras/Varoufakis manner to get only a microfinance from any bank and you will surely see how you will meet your Waterloo.
The first sign that someone has no idea at all about how national finances work is when they compare a country to a household. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!
In a household, expenditure does not affect income - IN AN ECONOMY IT DOES. That simple fact changes EVERYTHING. Economics and household budgeting are not the same thing - if your analogies conflate the two, they are utter bollox.
I assumed you wanted to educate yourself. I was wrong. I'm sorry I wasted my time trying to have a real discussion.
I'm off to wank to some porn.
B.
