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Greek Parliament Approves Contentious Law to Expand Privatization (Original Post) geefloyd46 Nov 2012 OP
Thank God our dotymed Nov 2012 #1
Greece is leading the way to world wide depression thanks to austerity and privatization. xtraxritical Nov 2012 #2
I'm afraid the riots in Greece and the forced austerity plans fasttense Nov 2012 #3
The irony sulphurdunn Nov 2012 #4

dotymed

(5,610 posts)
1. Thank God our
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:11 AM
Nov 2012

Liberal MSM is covering this Greek tragedy and the daily rioting.

I believe if this were known to our "low information voters", rmoney and his 1% would not stand a chance. I honestly do not understand how anyone (but I hear it daily in TN.) can support pure greed rmoney.

 

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)
2. Greece is leading the way to world wide depression thanks to austerity and privatization.
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:27 AM
Nov 2012

You can privatize everything but it won't make jobs. If people do not have jobs they cannot buy anything, so whom are these privatized entities going to sell to? The US is the only bright spot in the world economy and it's because of more liberal stimulus policies. If RepubliCONs take power and vote in Ryan's budgets, or this sequester thing kicks in watch the stock market plummet and ratings agencies hustle to downgrade treasury bonds, bills and notes. What's called for is higher taxes for the highest income earners, and long term budget reductions done slowly. Democrats will do this.

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
3. I'm afraid the riots in Greece and the forced austerity plans
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:54 AM
Nov 2012

will NOT end well. I suspect war involving Greece will come soon.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
4. The irony
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:38 AM
Nov 2012

of this happening in the Cradle of Democracy is something the MSM would have been all over 40 years ago. The corporatist takeover of mass media in America is as frightening as the dictatorship arising in Greece.

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