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Greek Bailout – Theater Of The Absurd
As we watch the next stage of the Greek crisis unfold, one cannot ignore the sheer absurdity of the situation. First of all, we have “Greek Anarchists” lobbing Molotov cocktails at the police, in protest of “austerity measures”. To start off let’s make one thing perfectly clear; people who demand more money from the government are the farthest thing from anarchists one could imagine. Anarchists are people who want the government to leave them alone. These vermin are not lobbing fireballs at the police because they feel the state is stealing their hard earned money. They are rioting because they feel the state should be giving them more money. These are not anarchists, but rather violent unionists, socialists, and communists. The fact that the press never sees fit to print the headline screeching “Leftist Violence Increases” is telling enough. But the absurdity of the situation becomes even more apparent when we take a closer look at the numbers. The latest figures for the bailout are 170 billion dollars . Let’s try to put that in perspective. Greece is a nation of 11 million people . 170 billion dollars divided by 11 million is 15,454 dollars per person. To get a grasp of that number let’s compare it to the United States. The U.S. has a population of 312 million people. A 15,454 dollars per person bailout of the U.S would equal roughly 5 trillion dollars. But it is even worse than that! Greek GDP per capita is roughly half that of the U.S. So we are really talking about the equivalent of a TEN TRILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT for Greece! Can you imagine American citizens rioting in the streets over not receiving a ten trillion bailout? But that is the logical result of socialism and communism. People who believe they are entitled to the fruits of other people’s labor will become violent when they don’t receive what they think they deserve. Do yourself a favor right now by utterly repudiating the tenets of socialism. No one owes you anything. The sooner you realize that, the faster you are on the road to freedom and Independence. They may take money from me to support their bankrupt utopian dreams, but I will never take a penny from them. To do so would be to pay tribute to the king of Sodom, and that I will never do! 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. Genesis 14 |
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