The Greek Parliament just passed a second round of savage economic assaults on the Greek people (aka "austerity program"). The corrupt and cosseted political class- who by the way haven't gotten around to cutting back on any of their own lavish privileges and perks- are also planning on selling off the public's assets for a song, including national monuments, beaches, islands- whatever some foreign finance hustlers can make a buck off of. All at firesale prices, of course. This entire gang now acts as the agents of foreign powers. Hopefully the Greek people will be able to overthrow the entire class of traitors and take charge of their own fate.
Aside from the obvious fact that since the people have no power, Greece therefore cannot be called a democracy, here's an interesting fact about the "vote": one "Socialist" member of Parliament broke ranks with the other 154 "Socialists" and voted against the vicious plan- and was promptly expelled from the parliamentary group by Boss Papandreou.
Wonder if he was taken out and shot for good measure?
P.S. the remedy for unpayable debts is bankruptcy. That allows life to go on. It worked fine for Iceland, Argentina, Ecuador. Russia has reneged on debts. So has the U.S., before the 20th century.
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