> Finding efficiencies and austerity are not the same thing. Germany has free university tuition, Greece has a failing healthcare system that keeps running out

> Finding efficiencies and austerity are not the same thing. Germany has free university tuition, Greece has a failing healthcare system that keeps running out of medicine. Germany failed to collect 2.3% of its tax receipts, Greece failed to collect 89.5% [1]. If Greek people want to continue not paying taxes, they’ll have to make cuts elsewhere, yes. > Germany has not implemented austerity, yet it feels the need to lecture other countries on the need to do so. Greece has not contributed financially to the bailout programmes, yet it feels the need to lecture other countries on the need to do so. > Greece is part of the single market, that means that people can leave. All the smart, qualified people left Greece a long time ago. So? I don’t mind Greeks moving to Germany for jobs, they’re welcome here just as any other person from the EU. What exactly are you trying to say? [1] https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2015/07/gg-tax.jpg&w=1484 https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://... fromhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/03/why-greece-and-germany-just-dont-get-along-in-15-charts/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/03/w...