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That quote is silly, it completely justifies fraud. There has to be a balance.

• icebraining 11y ago
  The quote says "emphasize", not "ignore the other view". The balance is implicit.
• crdoconnor 11y ago
  The balance can involve slamming the individuals in jail who enabled Greece to misrepresent its finances before it joined. Unfortunately, actually prosecuting fraud seems to be a minority view, whereas punishing entire countries (primarily those on a low income, too) for the sins of a few is the norm in Europe.
  • Xylakant 11y ago
    Some of these individuals were greek and are under greek jurisdiction. None were prosecuted. It would give the moral position of the greek government a huge boost if they started doing that, just like Iceland did in its default.
    • kylebrown 11y ago
      Quoting from a comment on the linked article: > I’d only add that the corrupt elites were not only overspending, but they were involved in vendor finance scams. Hundreds of millions in bribes on some single deals. The credit came through to sign the contracts, and the bribes were rolled into the contracts. On one deal alone, Siemens, you had the Greek defense minister take hundreds of millions to approve a tens of billions deal. He is in jail, so are members of his family, but then there are 64 others being prosecuted as well for this one deal. Think about it, hundreds of millions spread to 64 people (who probably doled out more themselves).