Why Europe's Debt Crisis Will Keep Coming Back

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The "European Debt Crisis" is lurking? NO, the Obama administration's agenda from the very beginning as well as Bush Sr., Bush Jr., and the Clinton's agendas have put us exactly where we are today. We are just dragging every country out there down with us. If you want to keep your illusion, you can have it. But some of us prefer the reality. At least when you know what the problem is, you can go about solving it instead of playing into the hands of these criminals who care nothing about the U.S. Constitution, the American people, or any people in the world for that matter! They only care about their own little circle. Break that vicious little circle and we will pull out, but to continue to support that little circle spells your own demise. 'nuff said.

Sylvie of AR 1:32PM August 16, 2011

We could see the policies of politics.

Andre Budianto 12:15AM August 03, 2011

youth movement-you sound like you would be in the 1st group to go to the "special camps"

wtf of KS 5:33PM July 20, 2011

learn how to write in English

wtf of KS 5:25PM July 20, 2011

When you put in the wrong type of austerity, this is what you get. You freeze up businesses ,you cause money to rush out of a country, and the young which are the future of a country begin to leave.

Greece started off all wrong with its austerity. Instead of firing government employees, cutting salaries and their out of controlled Social security payments, they froze the countries business.Huge S.S. payments way to high. It didn't take long for those watching their prime minister to realize that he was lieing about everything. Big mistake. Just one lie is all it takes to cause bank runs and he has given lie after lie.

Taxes on not what you make , but what you own. Those with cars soon found tags costing up to and more than 1600 euros a year for their tags. Road tolls rising, cost of fuel rising , electric rising, sales tax to 23% and soon the same on food. Now they found they can not afford to go to work, or keep their shops opens. Now they want to put them in jail if they owe over 5,000 euros. While the crooks, who stole the money, play around in the courts with the help of the courts and judges, to wait for the time limit on their cases to expire. This has made many very angry as the crooks keep getting more and more. Yet if you owe more than 100,000 euros in taxes its forgiven. Its not just the socialist party, its not the Democrates, its all of them. They took turns digging this country into a depth of debt that is nothing more than the greatest shame this country must surpass.

Now those who have come to greece to retire,find themselves burden with the what you own tax instead of what you make tax. While the rich, who have plundered this country sit high and dry with no problems to worry of.

To forgive those that have stolen so much, with the penalty of only pay the tax and you can bring it back to greece is a shame in its self.

If anyone thinks of supporting greece in aid, they are considered criminals also. You can not build a country from the ground with a foundation of crime, and that is what is happening now. So let greece go. Maybe then the people will rise and clean their house. If they get new funds, they will steal that too.So think what you are doing.

B. Gonata 12:47PM July 17, 2011

Um ITALY? that seems to be tanking too you know...

anastasha of AK 5:13AM July 17, 2011

You think religion is part of the solution to the debt crisis? Does it have to be any particular religion or is anything ok?

Lenin 6:27PM July 15, 2011

It took me a while but I learned that if I want to have a good life the urge to spend more than I make had to be eliminated. This may be painful at first but now that I pay off my credit card EVERY month life is way more fun and way way less stressful. Our government need to learn this and quickly.

JC Nowlin of FL 3:50PM July 14, 2011

Cwink of TX is on the money. For all of us to get "un-screwed", OWL must focus on social and environmental concerns AND raise fuel taxes, esp in the USA. We are a joke in Europe with 4-buck gasoline....I mean really, how long can we keep up this brazen and insolent charade ? Petroleum, gas, diesel, jet fuel.....it's way worse than heroin. They say the first step is moving beyond denial....

Dan Grinde of MT 2:27PM July 14, 2011

Please allow me to introduce a concept which could help put our country back on its feet in the financial world. It is not wise to put a lot of money back into a falling house of cards. What we need is a new direction. I will offer that direction in this writing.

If our youth will dare to care we will build an organization which will train in the areas of politics, education and religion to guide each country in the world to a better direction for the good of all and be on the same page. The training will come from a training sector called OWL. Our world leaders. This sounds like a difficult task but we need to start now.

Things to do list

Membership drive

Organizational structure

Staff and officers

Lots of help

John email address is wife,kids and self initials (sp) Thanks

john clark of ID 1:25PM July 10, 2011

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The global economy is mysterious, even scary. Chief Business Correspondent Rick Newman connects the dots. In addition to his writing for U.S. News, Rick is the co-author of two books: Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11, and Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail.


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