Why does everyone care about Greece so much?

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Old May 15, 2012, 5:41am   #9
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and if you think the media & markets go nuts everytime Greece "spooks the horses", imagine how they'll be when Spain & Italy follow. And I really do think it's only a matter of time. An Italian friend of mine told me you only receive dole money for 2 years if you lose your job. And that's it. OK, extended family will help to a certain degree but there's huge numbers being let go in the last year or so. I can see serious social unrest in that country. And it could all be prevented (or certainly lessened) if we had our own currencies + let the crony capitalists go bust. I think the Germans like the idea of having debt slaves though. Achtung!
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Old May 15, 2012, 5:54am   #10
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Thats why it drags on and on.
Not because there is no solution.
Not because no one can agree.

It drags on because any solution will
leave someone with a destructive parcel of toxic debt / liabilities
when the music stops...
No one is going to volunteer to take it on are they
Cue political wranglings and other associated BS.

Every Govt. and bank wants to be the ones on the sidelines looking at
whoever does land the poisoned chalice with a wry smirk, thinking thank f**k its not me.
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Old May 15, 2012, 6:08am   #11
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WTF? Can you imagine what a pizza would be like without Kalamata olives?!
An Olive would be a good emblem for a new PIIGS euro note.
Wouldn't bother Ireland, half of them are spanish ancestry anyway
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Old May 15, 2012, 7:28am   #12
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these are both metaphors for the situation. It should make things a bit clearer.
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Old May 15, 2012, 7:47am   #13
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Rehypothecation = contagion = global recession
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Old May 15, 2012, 7:49am   #14
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these are both metaphors for the situation. It should make things a bit clearer.
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Old May 15, 2012, 10:02am   #15
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Can anyone please tell me what options other than default are open to Greece at this point? If the Eurozone politics aren't allowing for a bail out of course.
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Can anyone please tell me what options other than default are open to Greece at this point? If the Eurozone politics aren't allowing for a bail out of course.
More hair cuts until there is no longer a debt. Essentially every individual within the euro zone will be paying. The cost will be spread over a long period of time to lessen the shock. Euro/Euro-zone failing is not an option.
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