Comments by "bohemianwriter1" (@bohemianwriter1) on "Greeks Reject Austerity But The Bigger Story Should Have Conservatives Worried" video.

  1. Sorry, but you are wrong in every single point you have made. It seems that you live in a partisan bubble and refuse to smell reality.  Fact is that Greece fell victim of corruption, and bankers who prayed upon their wishes to join EU. These creditors you are talking about are the same ones who scammed you during Bush which culminated in the crash in 2008 when Wall Street suddenly demanded hundreds of billions of dollars with no public oversight. If Greece is smart, they would follow Iceland's example. They are doing quite well these days. 
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  2. SmartK8 BULLSHIT!  You don't solve socioeconomic problems with austerity. You are pushing to punish people for crimes committed by the same kind of capitalists you praise.  What you are displaying is a staggering ignorance of basic economical realities. The Greeks figured out that your beloved austerity did not work, and now you are blaming someone else for the failed ideology that you are such a blind, brainwashed zombie for.  When will you quasi capitalists realize that it's YOUR system that is failed? That it's YOUR system that corrupts? That it's YOUR system that redistributes wealth from the many to a few class of privileged "job creators"?  When will you realize that its your kind of social and economic injustice that lead to both the French and the American revolution? So I suggest you go back to the school bench and stop reading such Randist/Friedman nonsense. 
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  3. Greece can always follow Iceland's example. You see, the whole deal with Greece was a scam from the banks in the first place.  And now, the Creeks are being forced on getting money to pay the rich under condition to cut down on the welfare of the people. I have lived in Greece! There was strikes on a regular basis. They shut down public broadcast system, leaving 2200 people without a job as a part of this austerity. And what happens to people who lose their jobs? Unless they got a cushion, they are forced to get their own handouts And that is not much. Not even by Greek standards. And getting it is red tape hell... I hope you are wrong. And I hope that the new Greek leadership will tell the Germans and the French in the EU to go stuff it.  Both are countries that has a well founded welfare system. And they want to deny the Greeks the same benefits.  
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  4. TentaclePentacle They falsified their data with the help of Goldman Sachs.... You talk about corruption But what do you think incentives this corruption? Private interests, or the voters?
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  5. dutchvonrichardson Somehow they never focus on that, or they discard it as conspiracy theory, or somehow justified, hiding their riches made from the backs of workers from that "evil government" that they themselves elected. Sometimes I wonder if they are so twisted that they have to use a screw to put their hats on. 
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  6. BlunderCity Have you ever experimented with a monopoly game? That's what we see today. You scam a lot of people using corrupt politicians, and when shit hits the fan, the People must pay the bill, while the politicians who was bought shipped their loot to a Swiss Bank account.  What happens is that you make people so poor with draconian terms, and then force the player to sell off assets cheap to pay the bill to someone whom are rigging the system with money to their own advantage.  That's what happens with Greece and the bankers who got bailed out by Bush in 2008. The banks profit and gain more assets while being bailed out by someone else's money. 
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  7. dutchvonrichardson You shouldn't leave Norway and Sweden out of this list. Despite that we now have a RW government who wants to piss off as many people as possible to please their private donors. 
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  8. BlunderCity  Here's the deal professor! The greeks were forced upon terms that was leaving the people dry and jobless.  If you wanna insult people before trying to give a lecture and thnk you well get through with your message, you should NEVER seek to any diplomatic core.  The whole Eurozone was a scam from the get go, and THAT was initiated by a certain Goldman Sachs.  What you fail to realize is that other governments like Germany does not have the right to take essential out of the hands of the Greek people. And this is what they demand while they demand cheap Ouzo while vacating in the Greek islands.  Off course Creece can tell the leeches to take a hike! Specially when foreign governments are trying to dictate internal economic and social policies! The whole problem with Greece is way too complex than just to say "Greeced borrowed money freely from the IMF and other EU countries and squandered it away).  And just for a note: Don't blame public expenses in the healthcare system, or the education system. I had to go to a public hospital in October 2014 with a fracture under my left knee, and a broke jaw after being attacked by some Golden Dawn thugs (whose part leadership is now in prison despite large fundings from billionaire shipping barons who hate the notion of paying taxes) May I also add that the political system has been so corrupt for so long with the power struggle between a few families from different parties . but equally dirty. And these lay the groundwork for this crash together with Goldman Sach, and cooking the books to have their credit rating higher than it really was.  ¨So again.. There is no reason why the Greeks should not take their fate in the own hands again instead of having to be the serfs of some wealthy European countries who have all the welfare system they need, but want to deny others because their debt is so much more important. I'm sorry. But you cannot make me cry crocodile tears for either IMF, ECB, Merkel or Hollande!  The austerity measures that the Troika of EU, ECB and IMF demanded that the Greek government give up many of their assets to private interests. This is demanding that one have to give up source of income to please creditors whom shouldn't have any personal interest in forcing a sovereign government to give up resources to private interests.  bailout loan for Greece, conditional on compliance with the following three key points: Implementation of austerity measures, to restore the fiscal balance. Privatization of government assets worth €50bn by the end of 2015, to keep the debt pile sustainable. Implementation of outlined structural reforms, to improve competitiveness and growth prospects How do you improve growth aspects by forcing a government to sell out cheap like a broke monopoly player landing on Park Avenue with a Hotel? I have seen way too many homeless people, some of whom have been beaten by Golden Dawn to take you seriously in your self proclaimed educated analysis over the issue. The recipe of austerity was about to lead to disaster. I have some scars to prove it. And that disaster is frustration, scapegoating, nationalism, racism, hatred, violence, and blood on the streets. So when we now know that austerity does not work, and the Greeks have decided no more of such, do you have any liable solution that will not punish normal people even more? P.S. Wall Street got handed 700 billion tax dollars no questions asked. You know what happened? They gave themselves giant bonuses, and continued to gamble with other people's money. Tax payer guaranteed. No risks involved. Unless you are a home owner, or s small timer saver.
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  9. BlunderCity You can save your lecture "professor". Your credibility went out the window at first insult. So you can write essays to you turn blue in your face. The train where you could have been taken serious is long gone. Now move along and find someone with y own mental capabilities and do a circle jerk together there. So in your own words: Go fuck yourself! Know that the rest of your long winded words were for nothing. You sort of blew it at "go fuck yourself".  You didn't make me wanna read the rest of the drivel "sweetheart". Good luck in your venture in insulting people you have never met. Doubt that you will make many friends with your tactics.  Or do you perhaps wanna start with clean sheet? A bit more civilized the next time maybe, "honey"?
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