Greek economy

[walsufnir]

mai said:

walsufnir said:
The problem with Greece is that EU dediced to give them the Euro while they weren't "worthy" to get it. Don't get me wrong, this is not saying the Greece population is at fault. It's the governments and the EU itself that is to blame here. And the common people have to pay the price for this debacle. If all facts were known before no one with a clear mind would have let the Greece in and especially if it was known how the money went in Greece it wouldn't have been a surprising outcome to say that Greece is spending way more money than they get. Greece' government is to blame here because they should've known that this direction will fail eventually.

So what about Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Denmark or Ireland? Were they "worthy"?

That's a good question but I am not to judge and I am not the person who had the data to judge it. And I am not the person who made up the criteria. Thing is, the whole Euro topic is something that shows how democracy works (at least in Germany): Every 4 years you are allowed to elect people who dictate you what will happen.

There is a former German politician who said that is unfair to judge a government after election by their pre-election promises... this tells you what attitude they have towards the people they want them to vote.

Germany got the Euro because the government wanted it. No matter which party. Why weren't we able to vote for it? Because they knew we wouldn't want it. UK is a perfect example of this. It is absolutely ridiculous how we think that the world should function (see arabic spring) but democracy is only good for them if the common people do exactly what they want.

Do you remember when Ireland was to join EU? How many times did they do an election? "Let's vote until we get what we want".