Portugal. What a lovely country and great people. But what a shame their economy, like many in the eurozone is screwed. How could things have got to this sorry state? Maybe it's something to do with the futile dream of some of their northern European neighbours for a "United States of Europe"?
How can you have a united anything when, quite reasonably, each of the countries in Europe, and each of the countries in the Eurozone consider themselves first and foremost independent countries? Unlike the splendid role model across the Atlantic, the countries of mainland Europe show no signs of becoming happily united - except of course to the extent of being a sort of expensive social club.
The current European practise of bunging these failing countries more money, and so increasing their financial and moral debt is flawed. It simply beats them up some more and hangs them out to dry. Nice eh? To add insult to injury they then poke rather large European noses into the struggling countrys' fiscal and social governments . Ask yourself how you would feel if another country began to interfere with the running of your country.
How can you have a united anything when, quite reasonably, each of the countries in Europe, and each of the countries in the Eurozone consider themselves first and foremost independent countries? Unlike the splendid role model across the Atlantic, the countries of mainland Europe show no signs of becoming happily united - except of course to the extent of being a sort of expensive social club.
The current European practise of bunging these failing countries more money, and so increasing their financial and moral debt is flawed. It simply beats them up some more and hangs them out to dry. Nice eh? To add insult to injury they then poke rather large European noses into the struggling countrys' fiscal and social governments . Ask yourself how you would feel if another country began to interfere with the running of your country.
Beware! If interference continues then, God forbid, social unrest moves up the agenda.
The Greek situation has now gone rapidly down the drain and the only long-term solution - which should be clear for all to see - is to let them escape the Eurozone and get on with governing themselves once more without interference from grossly overpaid Brussels Eurocrats. And the same goes for Portugal. Leave them both alone for heaven's sake!! Let their own currencies re-emerge, let their economies rebalance, and give them back the respect they deserve.
The Greek situation has now gone rapidly down the drain and the only long-term solution - which should be clear for all to see - is to let them escape the Eurozone and get on with governing themselves once more without interference from grossly overpaid Brussels Eurocrats. And the same goes for Portugal. Leave them both alone for heaven's sake!! Let their own currencies re-emerge, let their economies rebalance, and give them back the respect they deserve.
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