Who cares whose fault it is? Does whatever the Papandreou governments may have done in the 80s justify literally starving the Greeks now? Since when has paying back debt become more important that fulfilling basic human needs?
The way this discussion is framed is sick. Just sick.
Starving? Don't be dramatic.
I've pretty much stopped caring about this conversation in the last few months - Greece will get what it's earned through outrageous fiscal irresponsibility and electing clowns like this idiot to office (not that previous Greek governments were less disastrous... but they might have accepted the need for further reforms instead of grandstanding).
The unfortunate thing is that if Tsipras continues to be so reckless and opportunistic there's a lot more than just his joke country on the line. It would be ideal if there was a feasible way for the Eurozone to depose these lunatics and appoint some kind of technocratic government, like when a company goes into receivership - maybe such a government could even convince people to pay their taxes? Ahaha, I kid. This is Greece. Maybe it wouldn't be "democratic" but Tsipras is going to be ousted by the military or something at this rate. He's playing with fire.
I'm sorry Oakvale but attitudes like this annoy me. Yes, there is a serious problem with tax evasion in Greece. But you think people in Ireland or the United States or anywhere else pay taxes out of the goodness of their heart? Don't be ridiculous.
The problem is with Greek institutions and the inability to create a functioning tax bureaucracy for whatever reason, and generally speaking tax bureaucracies
cost money.
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