[blueunicorn6]

This is what happens when you don’t take democracy seriously.
Politics used to be about selecting the best person for a job. The best person for the job was the person who could get the most efficiency and effectiveness out of each hard-earned taxpayer dollar. That’s not what has been going on in Greece. They just elected a liar. They might just as well have elected Big Bird or SpongeBob.
Venezuela, Greece, Cuba.....they have PAS Governments.....Promise And Steal.

[kabar]

Greece has been living beyond its means for a very long time. They should never have been allowed to join the EU. The Greeks raked in billions of euros from the EU to build their infrastructure from roads to the Athens airport to the Athens metro. Greece is an example of how the welfare state eventually collapses. It has been mismanaged for decades across the political spectrum. Joining the EU helped delay the inevitable.

No need to blame the current leadership, which was just saying what the public wanted to hear. The problem is that the Greeks just don't want to accept reality. You get the government you deserve. Americans are no different when it comes to our looming debt crisis. We have the advantage of being able to print more dollars, but eventually we face the same fate. Bush gave us the Prescription Drug program expanding Medicare and causing a $7.7 trillion liability and Obama has given us Obamacare, which will cost trillions more. Both Bush 43 and Obama were elected twice.