Greek spending has actually been rising

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Obviously. It's always good policy to punish success.

Ah, but, you see, Germany is only successful because of thievery... from Europe... or... the poor... or... something... yeah.

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Obviously. It's always good policy to punish success.

We traditionally do punish the successful - people who are very good at murdering, raping, stealing can all be punished with jail terms (except if they are 'soldiers', or bankers, or businessmen). 

Please remember that all economic 'success' is, under the current system, also a crime against others (and of course I don't mean 'crime' in the sense of a 'moral wrong' - I mean simply that the success was in utilizing power over others, not in some namby pamby 'skill' or 'talent').  And thus, in every society where there are social or economic problems resulting from the impoverishment of some members, the first thing we have to do to solve such problem is to jettison the idea that the poorer party caused the problem - only the richer can cause the problem.  In this case Germany by its 'success' is caught red-handed, and Greece by its 'failure' is completely acquitted.

See? Exactly what I said.