Economics and the EU

Greece is trying to bill Germany for damages done during World War II. They are that desperate for money I suppose. This is serious, yet I cannot stop giggling about it. A judge is making a decision soon to decide whether the constitution in Germany allows it to bail out other countries directly. I guess as opposed to doing it though Brussels and the EU.

The only choices I see are A) bail out Greece entirely or B) let Greece fail as a state, then go in and clean up the mess. Either way really sucks. Either way is a loss on the face of Europe as an entity.

German people do not want to hand Greece a blank check. No one does. Things have not changed there. Once Greece is off the top of the list of cluster fucks, then comes Spain and other countries. Greece is being treated like a guinea pig for this whole EU thing. Is it even possible to throw a country out of Europe? Heck, even France is in real fiscal trouble.

One funny thing coming out of all this is to listen to very high level government officials sound like middle school children when confronting one another on the radio talk shows. They talk over each other and have to be told to stop interrupting. I have a feeling that some of them have been quietly cut off in some of the interviews. At least it is entertaining.

“You are doing everything behind closed doors.” says one.

“If we tell people what we are doing the speculators will eat us alive.” says the other.

Then someone will try to sit down and explain what is going on. It will make as much sense as the tax code and people will complain loudly. Some profesor from a prestigious university will come on and try to make heads or tails of things. Then people will complain even more loudly.

The circus conductor who started asking all the questions will then thank everyone for coming on the show. The moment they leave this person will sound happier when talking about a mass murder five minutes later.