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In reply to the discussion: EU Tells Tsipras the Party’s Over as Euro Exit Door Swings Open [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Why don't you try asking "everybody?"
I'll give you a clue. The Troika has been destroying the economies of all of the smaller, southern countries in the EU via austerity.
Greece is just the smallest of them, so the first to go under. If Greece leaves the EU, then Portugal will follow. Then Spain, Italy, Ireland and eventually France will go under. And the grand EU will be gone. That is why.
The media nicknamed them the PIIGS long ago, if you'd been paying any attention you would recognize those names. France has just gotten added in.
The IMF told the Troika back in 2010 the bailouts wouldn't work without economic stimulus to support their economies. The IMF predicted that bailouts without economic stimulus would produce exactly the situation we have today.
The Troika responded with *austerity* instead of stimulus. The Troika hid the IMF report for 5 years, while accusing the Greeks of lying. They effectively have given the Greek people the finger for 5 years.