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nanarchy said:
generic-user-1 said:

 

the new greek government allmost walked away several times. they dont fear the default. the old greek government, well they allready feaed for their lives after crashing the country.

If they didn't fear the default they wouldn't have put it to a vote, they are well aware of the catastrophic consequences and want to be able to say that the people made the choice to take the pain. Don't get me wrong, long term (in a couple of decades) they can come out of it far better and healthier, but the short term pain will be very real and very harsh.



Iceland defaulted, had a referendum on whether to pay back debts and the people voted it down.Iceland had a sharp recession lasting for a year or so but has been growing steadily since.It doesn't really matter though because it's not just Greece that has debt problems in the EU it's also Spain,Italy,Ireland,Portugal,Italy even France.Deutsche bank holding 54 trillion in derivatives.... the whole thing is completely fucked.