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> I'd draw a distinction between debts incurred by a democratically elected government and otherwise. I think that's a good point in principle, but remember th
by hackuser 11y ago
> I'd draw a distinction between debts incurred by a democratically elected government and otherwise.
I think that's a good point in principle, but remember that the Greece's poor suffer the most. Drive through a poor neighorhood in town and consider how much influence the residents have over national economic policy.
- woodpanel 11y agoNo one's questioning that Greece's poor will be hit the hardest. But neither does it help them to blur the meanings of reparations and debt for the sake of creating a scape-goat.
- dnautics 11y agoWhat makes you think they will be helped by loans if they are made to Greece? Won't those funds just go to a slightly different permutation of politically connected folks? Moreover, you point to the poor in Greece. Why should they be privileged over the slightly poorer in, say, Bulgaria, who will hear a fractional brunt of a Greek bailout?