It seems that we need to bailout the Greeks for a second time in a year!
Why is this?
Because they lied about the austerity measures they were going to put into place which allowed them to obtain the first bailout. Basically, they took the money on false pretences... they lied!!
If this was you or me you would immediately appear on some kind of 'black list' and any future credit withdrawn as you are untrustworthy and consequently may not payback the said amount. So are we doing this to the Greeks then....NO!! We going to give then even MORE money.
So is this the first time this has happened and so should we give them the benefit of the doubt... NO again!!
They lied to get into the Euro scheme in the first place and told the auditors that the country was health and sound... but it wasn't, in fact they don't collect taxes from half of the population... the wealth half ... as they have an ancient system who is deeply buried into their culture.... we call it in the west DISHONESTY they call it 'custom'.
Basically, they bribe the tax men not to tax them correctly.
But its not just TAX, if you know the system you can offer 'incentives' to the local officials for planning permission, health and safety, building regs.... you get the idea, brown bags are in great demand. And this is not recent, if you look at the ancient Greeks those NOBLE philosophers they were totally corrupt!! Plato in his famous 'the replublic' uses a lottery to chose which people can have sex at another to chose your partner at random. But he's quite 'upfront' about who wins this 'sex lottery' its the philosophers and senators as its 'rigged' for they don't want the 'underclass' to populate... this may explain why politicians (especially Greek) can't keep their trousers on when elected, they are doing the underclass women a favour, ask Arnie (he looks Greek?)
But lets be honest they are not the only country to look for bribes the current FIFA committee is full of members looking for 'back handers' as they see this practice not dishonest but 'business'....
So are we in England the 'moralists' that the rest of the world laugh at while swapping these bags under the tables of corporate government - why YES of course... Remember your just a mushroom after ALL!
The Prisoner
The debt crisis of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and other countries to a lesser extend is entirely due to the World wide financial meltdown that was triggered by some bankers in New York. So now Greece owes the World some money. But the World owes to Greece Civilization. Which is the greater debt?
ReplyDeleteCivilisation, how much is that per pound?
ReplyDeleteAs far as I'm concerned it's not civilised to lie and cheat your way into a currency then cheat on your 'friends' when they come to bail you out!!
You have the wrong word my friend it's not civilisation your looking for its 'corruption'.
Jock Strap
Jock,
ReplyDeleteI wont defend 'corruption' in any shape and form! The corruption that now surfaced in Greece did so because it was so inept and so short-sighted to be so detectable.
But the corruption that concerns me the most is the hijacking of a national agenda by special interests that have lead us to war through well orchestrated lies and deceptions in Iraq and elsewhere. That corruption took human lives. The Greek corruption, petty in comparison, took money.
All Greeks are paying dearly through the strictest austerity measures in all of Europe. But who is paying and taking responsibility for our corrupt foreign policy? Not Bush and not Blair and not Cheney.
If we are to be just and fair minded, we must weigh events proportionately and resist demonizing and condemning whole people and countries. That's what special interest would like us to do to take the focus and public attention away from their corruption of our governments and steeling of our national treasures.