I need one of those. $1 Billion.
Posted on 08/23/2012 8:49:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
THE PRIME MINISTER of Greece has made a surprise announcement to Le Monde newspaper: that his country is ready to put some of its uninhabited islands up for sale.
According to the French publication today, PM Antonis Samaris makes the admission in a lengthy interview – a synopsis of it can be viewed on Le Monde’s website. In the introduction, the reporter Alain Salles notes that Greece hopes to accelerate the privatisation (of some State assets) and is ready to give up uninhabited islands (underlined in red):
It’s part of Samaras’s plan to try and pull Greece back from the brink of total meltdown as it tried to meet the terms of its bailout agreement.
German MPs told Greece to sell the islands two years ago – this is what they said then:
What is most interesting about this revelation – apart from the speculation about what wealthy individual might be the new owner of a private Mediterranean island or two – is the fact that this idea was mooted to Greece two years ago… by the Germans.
In 2010, two German members of parliament told the German newspaper Bild that “The Greek state must sell stakes in companies and also assets such as, for example, unpopulated islands.”
At the time, George Papandreou was prime minister and in the midst of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel about Greece’s dire economic situation. His deputy foreign minister Dimitris Droutsas told German TV station ARD TV at that time that they wouldn’t consider such a suggestion.
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“How many years will it be before the USA starts selling some Aleutian and Hawaiian islands to start paying for its massive welfare state?”
Forget that. Sell L.A., NYC, and S.F.! Build walls around them first, tho.
False claim. We have debunked this multiple times on FR and it goes back to at least 2003 when the dims made up this claim against Bush.
1. Buy island.
2. Wear self-designed general’s uniform.
3. Declare statehood.
4. Join the UN.
5. Start raking in money from UN development and climate agencies. The EU and US will probably chip in as well.
I figure the break-even at around 4-5 years.
Maybe the US ought to buy one. We’ve already got Gilligan as our President.
I need one of those. $1 Billion.
As I remember it, Germany recently wanted Corfu, which is hardly unpopulated.
Aleutian island? Why would anyone want an Aleutian island?
“Greece’s long-term plan:
Step 1: Sell islands.
Step 2: Elect new government.
Step 3: New government nationalizes islands. Owners get nothing.
Repeat Steps 1-3 as needed. “
Exactly my thought as well.
Turkey might be interested. :-)
BS
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