I going to cancel my to trip to Greece, and instead book a trip on an Italian cruise ship.
On second thought, maybe I'll just stay home.
Socialist fools. I bet this does wonders for their tourism industry.
The rioting is bad, but it's really mostly just the work of a bunch of anarchist. 100k apparently turned out, but the vast majority were just out for a day of fun at the beck and call of their unions.
If I had to guess, I'd say the government is happy to see the black bloc types make a mess of things. The austerity program isn't popular, and the one thing that makes it more palatable for average Greeks is if the opposition to it are violent crazies willing to burn the country down.
This is all just a show to keep kicking the can down the road anyway. Greece won't live up to it's obligations, but Europe can't bail them out if they don't make it at least somewhat painful - otherwise the other failed Eurostates will line up for their bag of cash. No one should have any sympathy for the Greeks. They did this to themselves.
Ohio population.....11,485,910 in 2008
Greece Population...10,787,690 in 2008
Who'd have guessed such a insignificant small nations people could demand the entire European Nations to bend their knees to another bailout when they all know fully well Greece has been spending way over it's means for years and years and even now continues to do so....amazing really.
They are so screwed - and most of us don't give a damn about them anymore... Reckless spending, riots, temper tantrums... We're voting Greece OFF the island... bye-bye losers.
I going to cancel my to trip to Greece, and instead book a trip on an Italian cruise ship.
On second thought, maybe I'll just stay home.