Germany wants to take control of the Greek budget ?!

[Sam Spade]

Why would anyone think that Germany is going to let the EU (which it basically runs along with France) throw infinite sums of money down the bottomless black hole that is Greece without any consequences? 

And since Greece has no way to get funding otherwise, what are its other options, default?  Of course, I support that option, but once we start down that road, lots of other things will start occurring. 

Of course, we're going down that road eventually anyways, and it's probably better to do it now than later, so...

[Sam Spade]

I do want to add one other thing - at this point, any Greek bailouts will primarily consist of funds going to European banks (i.e. a backdoor bailout), tending to be those of French origin, so I might urge the supposedly enlightened folks on this forum to come to an actual conclusion that doesn't involve unicorns or griffins with regard to this development.