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I am having a hard time getting that from this message: >My party, and I personally, disagreed fiercely with the May 2010 loan agreement not because you, the c
by ewzimm 12y ago
I am having a hard time getting that from this message:
>My party, and I personally, disagreed fiercely with the May 2010 loan agreement not because you, the citizens of Germany, did not give us enough money but because you gave us much, much more than you should have and our government accepted far, far more than it had a right to.
>Our task is not to confront our partners. It is not to secure larger loans or, equivalently, the right to higher deficits.
There will have to be some money injected somewhere in Greece, but not in the same way, and the point is to get away from loans.
- drcode 12y agoWell, there's only two ways I know of that you can use to "inject" money into a person: You either give it to them as a loan or a gift.
- ewzimm 12y agoMoney doesn't have to go directly to the government. Their plan to fund things is more along the lines of making the many, many tax-evaders actually pay. Businesses that need loans can take them out on an individual basis, injecting money into the economy, but the government can get money from its own people rather than other countries.
- drcode 12y agoSounds like the same end result to me. BTW- I'm not disagreeing that giving Greece more money one way or another doesn't make sense, I'm just pointing out that I see nothing in OP where Greece is saying "let us go our own scrappy way without your money, we can fend for ourselves". Instead they want debt forgiveness, followed by more money.