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KingCharlemagne

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6. The entire Western world owes Greece a major debt of gratitude that it can

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 10:35 AM

Jun 2015

never repay. Without Greek partisans bogging down his divisions in Greece for six weeks to support the hapless Il Duce, Hitler would have been able to launch Operation Barbarossa earlier and possibly defeat the USSR before turning his sights on the UK and even the US.

I hope Greece fully exits the Euro and forces Germany and France to eat the bitter medicine of the loss of Greek consumer demand for their output. Greece will survive and certainly can do no worse than is already doing under EU austerity.

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A solution for Greece, invented by a russian farmer and a school-student [View all] DetlefK Jun 2015 OP

There have been similar solutions attempted in various places over time. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #1

What would happen in the US if, say, each state had their own currency? PoliticAverse Jun 2015 #8

Scrip and alternate currencies like this are legal in the US and while uncommon do circulate. Chan790 Jun 2015 #9

I do think that Denmark and the UK still use their own currency, but do accept Euros. djean111 Jun 2015 #2

The market would ultimately set the exchange rate pscot Jun 2015 #3

Isn't that like when California was printing IOUs? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #4

Interesting idea - and it operates enlightenment Jun 2015 #5

The entire Western world owes Greece a major debt of gratitude that it can KingCharlemagne Jun 2015 #6

Thinking outside the box Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #7