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Originally Posted by steelhouse
Thanks for the post.
1. The education system caused the problem, everyone was treated equal and more resources went to bad students. This can be fixed by giving everyone a voucher the parents can choose to send their kids to school or put the money into an account to be used when they are 18.
2. You should read Ayn Rand, the problem here is people need to be allowed to fail. The good need to be allowed to get strong. The bad need to be poor.
3. Why would anyone want to be in the Eurozone? However, you are correct you can not end austerity by leaving the Eurozone, to leave the Eurozone means you are implementing austerity. However, imho austerity is good.
4. That is their choice, it is your opinion it is best to stay in Eurozone maybe you are wrong and they are right.
5. No you did not create the debt. The debt was created by the ruling classes, the government workers, the schoolteachers. I would be willing to bet most people in the country that worked in the private sector never wanted them to spend all the money on waste and corruption. Once elected they all spend. You are lucky you don't have to spend on defense or welfare to other countries like in the USA. The problem is not the tax evaders, you can simplify the tax code to stop that. The problem will always be the spenders, liberal government spending unable to spend less than tax receipts like it is something moral in their mush for brains to do so. The poor making $5 Euros an hour would be far better off without the government trying to help them.
note: You can leave the eurozone and you don't need to print a currency. You can use the dollar, euro, bitcoin, or 1 troy oz of silver as currency. It is best not to have a currency as it will prevent the government from taxing, spending it on themselves, claiming they help you.
I think I am not getting through right here.
In order to give parents vouchers to send their kids to school or
invest the money in accounts that will enable them to give their kids
a kick-start in their carreers requires an organized monetary system
guarded and maintained by appropriate politicians.
I highly doubt this is doable right now or in 20 years from now.
The pension system is descending more and more and has made elder people live with nickels and dimes.
The suicide rates are in exacerbation and the people have gave up hope pretty much.
Unemployment has now hit unprecedented rates and all the new greek scinentists flee out of Greece,simply because their efforts here will reamain fruitless.
You say that people are allowed to fail and I support this status.
Greek people were so lenient towards politic parties before Syriza but eventually they seem to be failing from 1975 till now,only that the consequences and the effects of this constant failing were made visible from 2008 and on.
I simply can't connive with the issues we're facing here in Greece and with the incompetence of our politicians.I'm frustrated and confused about the future and I see no light in the end of the tunnel.
I've already said that this is my opinion and yeah,I am not an economic guru or something.I'm just an average Joe saying his opinion right here.
However I couldn't agree more with your fifth argument.
Public sector is for the most part responsible about the Greek dept.
That's a long story but the thing that matters most is that the complicity of politicians with leaders of the labor unions have fiven the problem huge dimensions.
I can assure you that huge loads of money have been spent profusely to barricade our defense mechanisms but as it seems we gave ourselves submarines that do not function and planes that are unable to operate correctly.I hope you get the point.Ministers were funelling resources into their bank accounts sucking the country dry.
Welfare is another sad story which I'll not discuss right now!
Now you see why your arguments,even if are just and correct cannot apply to modern Greece.
In this point i thnk we need a miracle or a politician with supermans red cape.Or an intervention by god himself.!