Jeremy Corbyn not trusted on national security by 71%

[herbalharry 10]

On the recent series about Greece by Simon Reeve, excellent by the way, he was highlighting the differences between the haves and have nots in that country.

Also commenting on the corruption in the country, he highlighted the facts about the size of the Greek army, in particular that they had more Tanks than the UK and France together, which were mostly bought from German companies with the aid of huge bribes from those companies to the officials buying them.

It's no wonder the Germans were so keen for the Greeks to remain in the Euro when they are contributing to the bankrupting of the country by selling them things they don't need on credit by bribery.

 

Greece been squished by Germany. It's typical imperial mindset.

 

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Counter to democracy, fairness and values of the eu.

[L00b 441]

On the recent series about Greece by Simon Reeve, excellent by the way, he was highlighting the differences between the haves and have nots in that country.

The have-nots in Greece are the same have-nots as everywhere else: the youngsters sold down the river by their elders.

Also commenting on the corruption in the country, he highlighted the facts about the size of the Greek army, in particular that they had more Tanks than the UK and France together, which were mostly bought from German companies with the aid of huge bribes from those companies to the officials buying them.

Corruption was long endemic, and not limited to bribed generals and ministers.

 

Did Simon Reeve spend anytime looking at the suitcases of € cash ferried every day by companies and businesses, managers, directors, doctors, architects, solicitors, market traders, <etc.> outside the country (and frequently as not into Switzerland) prior to Syriza's election and in its aftermath?

 

LOL at the swimming pool tax in Athens. Heard of it? I suggest you Google it

 

Everyone with two coins to rub together in Greece was wallowing in it. We French have long thought we had tax evasion as a national sport...we were rank amateurs, by Greek standards.

It's no wonder the Germans were so keen for the Greeks to remain in the Euro when they are contributing to the bankrupting of the country by selling them things they don't need on credit by bribery.

The same can be said about anyone anywhere who's every bought anything they don't need on credit they can't afford: at the end of the day, when all is said and done, no-one put a gun to their head to sign on the dotted line.

 

Germany was keenest on Greece to remain in the € not to continue flogging it tanks on the never-never, but because it didn't want Greece to set the precedent of an EU Member State exiting the € club. Germany rightly saw such a precedent would kill off the € club in short order, because Spain, Portugal and Italy (possibly also Ireland) would have followed suit.

[foxy lady 10]

The have-nots in Greece are the same have-nots as everywhere else: the youngsters sold down the river by their elders.

 

Isn't that pretty much what was happening here? A build up of debt caused by government borrowing too much money to pay for treats for the electorate. A pension system that allowed some to retire and claim unaffordable index linked final salary pensions for a longer period than they actually worked.

 

All the debt building up so future generations get saddled with it. It's no wonder the young can't afford to buy a house when they are paying for the welfare of the baby boomer generation.

[L00b 441]

Isn't that pretty much what was happening here?

In a much less overt way (than Greece, by comparison), indeed.

[foxy lady 10]

In a much less overt way (than Greece, by comparison), indeed.

 

I think Greece showed what was coming to those who wanted to see.