any thoughts on europe tanking

[okieinpain]

under their austerity plan while the u.s. picks up doing the opposite. npr had a repot on greece and portugal doing really bad under their cut back plans. i just hope this starts to become a discussed topic, instead of birth control.

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. It Was A Set Up Job

All the GOP rhetoric about socialistic Europe the last few years was code. Europe was set up by billionaires and millionaires in the US and their rich allies in the various countries. They have always hated the European model that had job security and universal health care. By selling bad securities that were mortgage packages designed to fail they deliberately blew them up. The fact that they have so many conservative PM's is more than a coincidence. The austerity push is the same thing that the GOP is pushing here.

The main reason is that Europe stood in the way of globalization. The "new world order" is the one world government that the multinational banks and corporations are aiming for. Unless you destroy the labor and employment and education you cannot flatten the economy of the world to benefit the super rich.

Our media does not report the fact that the Koch's, the Coors, and others have sponsored active conservative and even reactionary movements in many of these European countries.

Greece is the best example of a country that has been set up. If you notice they are facing selling off their commons and laying off most of their government workers. The GOP is setting up the US for the same fate. That is what this election is all about.

[PDJane]

2. close enough.

[phasma ex machina]

3. Germany controls Greece's fortunes. Germany fears a repeat of its 1920's hyperinflation.

Hyperinflation has never happened in America. Yet.

[provis99]

4. Greece needs to look at what Iceland did.

basically, tell the EU, the IMF and the banks to fuck off, and their country will be just dandy in 2 years.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Well, if Africa nukes and Asia heals it could work

but shouldn't this be on some kinda gamer forum?

[bhikkhu]

6. They are very intelligent people running the governments there

...and the have consistently done a more competent and effective job of things than we have seen here. I don't know how it will turn out, but I believe things are in good hands.