http://revolutionradio.org/?p=429 Your Weapon of Mass Destruction Thu, 23 May 2013 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://revolutionradio.org/?p=429&cpage=1#comment-224 Amparo Bahena Sat, 22 May 2010 00:02:58 +0000 http://revolutionradio.org/?p=429#comment-224 Given the awful developments in Greece and other states, you have to wonder whether any of the more solid EU countries that have adopted the Euro ever would join the EU, if they could turn back time. Since it is on the Euro, Greece cannot devalue its currency and begin to work its way out of the current crisis. There are other problems. Many in Greece retire between 50 and 55, whereas the Germans work until 67. Tax evasion and corruption are rampant in Greece, and far less so in Germany. It would be one thing if Greece had simply fallen on hard times. It is another for a country to shirk its obligations and pass off its hardships on its neighbors. Given the awful developments in Greece and other states, you have to wonder whether any of the more solid EU countries that have adopted the Euro ever would join the EU, if they could turn back time. Since it is on the Euro, Greece cannot devalue its currency and begin to work its way out of the current crisis. There are other problems. Many in Greece retire between 50 and 55, whereas the Germans work until 67. Tax evasion and corruption are rampant in Greece, and far less so in Germany. It would be one thing if Greece had simply fallen on hard times. It is another for a country to shirk its obligations and pass off its hardships on its neighbors.

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