I'm sure a lot of people will hate it if we leave the eurozone and that the situation will be bad for a long time but i believe we will eventually recover.

How is raising taxes helping to cure Greece's biggest problem (tax evasion and corruption)? I could even support a EU driven tax collection system, but not this.

fuck the brits, the EU  is better of without them. they dont pay their fair share, they block banking regulations and they try to sell total crap  as food.

It's also a very powerful and more important growing economy. It creatied more Jobs the past dor years than any other EU country. A Brexit would hurt EU hard and probably would cause a new recession. The Brits have certain membership trades like lower subscription costs but they pay each year it's not like they get money like other countries. Last year they had to pay 2 billion euro's extra a long with NL for BS reasons the latter had to pay 1bilion euro.

The British are way more important and we are better of with them as for Greece I am starting to doubt that. By the way we should thank the Brits for  not wanting Eurobanking or European constitution.

Where did I say raising taxes is the sollution I say either scenario is doomed to fail. Greece can't survive on it's own or Rusia really wants a new sovjet. And the EU is incompetent of saving them it's like giving money to Africa at this stage you could better burnt it to keep a powerplant running. Without a complete take over by a Northern European coalition for 2 years which is impossible the corruption and taxevation have caused a vicious circle leading to damnation for Greece almost inevitably.

While Greece may not be as important or powerful as Britain, I think you're underestimating this:

1) It's not just about economy. Notice our position in the map? Our military / navy strength? Our relationship with Arabic / Slavic countries and Russia? 

2) It would create a precedence a member leaving the common currency. Try to assure the markets that Portugal won't be next.

EU has much more to lose that 300 billion debt and 200 billion GDP.

the UK economy isnt growing, its bubbleing. the whole economy is build on sand, one banking crash and everything is gone.

and they have a hughe trade and budget deficit.

On your frist point the NAVO is bigger than Europe unless you want US, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Turkey on your bad side choosing Arab or Rusia isn't smart.

On your second point Portugal, Spain etc  aren't even near Greece in therms of corruption, debts etc. So I don't think there will be an enormous financial hit for Europe. Since you have to make an effort to get kicked out of EU.

So I think EU can cut off Greece without major problems.

Of course you are going to eventually recover. What's the alternative? The question isn't whether or not you will recover, it's how bad will the long term effects of this defaulting will be. I'm very interested to find out.

1) You misunderstood me; I didn't mean us flocking to Russia / Arabic countries etc. I mean that we're the sole link to diplomacy with most of these countries. Essentially the only EU country that has any good relations with that part of the world.

2) I respect your opinion on this, but I don't agree. It's easy and convenient to place blame on Greece, and cover for the rest. Even Italy has striking similarities to Greece (Debt too, 130% of GDP, just where we started in 2009).