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> It borders on the impossible to fake data on this scale and in such amounts. It's quite far from being impossible. Actually, it's a widely known fact that a
by geezerjay 10y ago
> It borders on the impossible to fake data on this scale and in such amounts.
It's quite far from being impossible. Actually, it's a widely known fact that a string of greek governments systematically falsified Greece's books, and it actually culminated with Greece going as far as hiring Goldman Sachs to hide their double-digit deficits.
> The false data Greece reported to get into the Eurozone was an open secret,
That's the old attempt at diffusion of responsibility that often pops up. It's the same old tired argument: once the fact that Greece did in fact cooked its books and falsified their accounting for years, there comes the argument that they still have no responsibility for their own actions because somehow.... others might have known they were falsifying their records?
It's a lame excuse, and it never sticks.
- tutufan 10y agoThis is silly. The idea that Greece was systematically hoodwinking the rest of Europe and no one had any idea is absurd. They're not fools.