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white_wolf
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:02 PM Original message |
If you were a Greek citizen would you vote for or against the bailout? |
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FarLeftFist
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Greece being the birthplace of democracy I would choose democracy. |
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Warpy
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wouldn't vote for anything that didn't have teeth in it |
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dipsydoodle
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. It not just the rich there |
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Warpy
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Possibly, unless they really drag the rest of Europe down with the default. |
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dipsydoodle
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. When it comes to holidays, |
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think Greece should vote for (at least it would stabilize the World's economies |
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sabrina 1
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. I would vote against the enslavement of my country by the IMF |
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white_wolf
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Damn I didn't hear that. Thanks for the update. |
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teddy51
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I just read somewhere that George Papandreou has offered to step down as well. n/t |
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CoffeeCat
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Greece is all ready experiencing massive... |
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sabrina 1
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Merkel made a disturbing statement the other day |
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RZM
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's now pretty unlikely that the referendum will happen at all |
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ret5hd
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Against (nt) |
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Gregorian
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Against. The bailout only postpones the inevitable crash. |
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CoffeeCat
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Ultimately it will crash... |
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Gregorian
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Which is just what we did here in the USA. |
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Imajika
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Last I heard the referendum was canceled anyway... |
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KansDem
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Against |
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Kaleko
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. ^^ THAT, right there, is the bigger picture which most people don't understand. |
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CoffeeCat
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Thank you for posting this...would you please... |
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Kaleko
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Thu Nov-03-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. I second your request. |
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KansDem
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Fri Nov-04-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Completed. |
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CoffeeCat
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Fri Nov-04-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Gracias! |
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KansDem
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Fri Nov-04-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
52. KansDem... |
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Taverner
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. against. too bad it was canceled. |
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CoffeeCat
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. AGAINST... |
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Fire Walk With Me
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. I would educate the people to do what Iceland did! |
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Turbineguy
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Uhhh..... let's see..... |
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county worker
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The trouble with your post is that the austerity measures will be put on the backs of those |
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Turbineguy
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Thu Nov-03-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. You are absolutely correct. |
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MedleyMisty
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. So the Greeks are rioting |
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MedleyMisty
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. Definitely against |
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tsuki
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. Against. It can never be repaid back. nt |
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PuraVidaDreamin
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. Against |
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girl gone mad
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Thu Nov-03-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. I would vote against bailouts. |
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dkf
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. And what about our debts? Yup that's what I think will happen to our young people too. |
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TBF
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Curtail the spending by stopping the aggregious tax cuts - |
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girl gone mad
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. We have a sovereign currency. |
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dkf
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. By your measure Greece going to the Drachma will solve everything. |
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girl gone mad
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It won't solve everything. |
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dkf
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. So why do you insist that we can pay our bills because we have fiat money, yet not explain the |
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girl gone mad
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. What do you perceive to be the downside? |
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dkf
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Hyperinflation. |
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girl gone mad
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Thu Nov-03-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Hyperinflation is not a real threat. |
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dkf
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Thu Nov-03-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. When shadow banking collapsed printing just refilled the hole. |
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girl gone mad
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Fri Nov-04-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Then look at it as refilling the hole.. |
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TBF
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Against - no more bailouts for the billionaires (no matter which country they are in). nt |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. You can vote not to pay your debts, but you can't vote to force others to provide new financing. |
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ellisonz
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Fri Nov-04-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. I also don't think there will be a vote. |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. Doesn't matter since it looks like there will not be a vote |
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Downwinder
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Thu Nov-03-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. ENRON creditors got five cents on the dollar |
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dipsydoodle
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Fri Nov-04-11 04:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Not saying they shouldn't |
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Downwinder
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Fri Nov-04-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Death of derivatives. They are artificial and should not be counted as securities. |
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moondust
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
45. Don't know all the details but... |
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closeupready
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Fri Nov-04-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Problem is, all the mainstream economic experts have solid ties to Wall Street. |
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FarCenter
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Thu Nov-03-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. If I were Greek, I'd have another ouzo. |
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