(August 19, 2015 at 9:54 pm)Drich Wrote:(August 19, 2015 at 7:24 pm)abaris Wrote: I overlooked that first time round, but that fart is stinky enough to be adressed.
Sorry, but only one thing comes to mind when reading this: IGNORANT IDIOT.
You don't know anything about these countries and I bet you never have set foot outside the USA. When speaking about lazy bums in Greece, one might start with the ship owners, who are exempt from paying taxes. One might talk about the overblown defense budget that noone thinks to cut.
On the other hand one might also think about an unemployment rate of 27 percent as of 2014. Or about people not being able to afford food on the table, since the first things that have been taxed higher is food. One might also think about people not finding a hospital, since they're no longer insured because of their unemployment. One might also think about doctors running underground hospitals to treat them for free but at the same time risking their livelyhood, since by the letter of the law it's illegal.
But no, a good Amkerican christian such as your humble self can only think of lazy bums. You're a shitstain on the face of humanity. Please don't lecture us on morality.
Actually sport I import equipment from those two countries and have designed and sold equipment back to them. In the process I've spoken several dozen of the sharpest minds in my/their field.
They have no issues calling a spade a spade. I was told their is way... Way too much governmental red tape. In Greece 2/3 of the population either work for the government or collect their version if unemployment from the government. Leaving the remaining 1/3 to generate revenue to fund all the checks the government is writing. One of the engineers said his sister was trying to open a cafe' in some tourist spot. She had to have a lease before she could file for her various licenses (which are excessive and costly not to mention the lease was like 3000e a month. it took her 16 months paying full rent with a fully equipt cafe that she could not open to the public. Not to mention all the various insurances benefits and taxes she had to pay out while not allowed to take revenue in. How did they fund all this? Unemployment. What kind of system pays more out than it can possible take in? This is one of a dozen stories I was told about how all the give away programs are completely destroying that country and a once proud people. They are the joke of all of the eu right now, because they can't pay their bills.
I also had dealings with engineers in Italy as well. (I taught the American classes on how to run and maintain their equipment) their big thing is unemployment, not because of military spending, but because the government pays people to do nothing. One of them asked while he was here about our unemployment rate at the time it was 12% (height of the housing fall) I told him that and he said, "12%!?!? This is bad for American? In Italy dis is berry guud! We half, unemployment of 28%, and it is higher in summer time.. Why? Because it is too hot in summer time to working good. In Italy we only need to work 6months, and the government will give you check for 6 month to do nothing. So husband work 6 month, then take a little break, then wife work six month and take a little break." Not to mention the whole country takes the month of August off. Which the government pays everyone two weeks of with the other two weeks coming from ones employer.. Nothing but emergency/critical services, and even then it is difficult to get people moving.
I've seen and heard enough to know that the give away programs/making everyone equal does not work. In essence everyone becomes a slave to the state. The EU is the best model of this socialist dream that has ever been and it's failing. So, yeah.. No thanks. I like the don't work don't eat economic model better.
Let the church feed the truly needy.
It seems like the Greek people need to line up their politicians against the wall and fill them with hot lead.
