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It always surprises me and I don't know why, I should be used to it, when the Left talks about these issues.
Here we have a situation in Greece created by left wing liberal ideology (can you say FDR) that went on for thirty years. Then the right wing got voted in and continued the same policies for 8 years. If you can call them right wingers. I seriously doubt it.
Now it's all the fault of the right wingers. It's as if the Prior thirty years of corruption, Cronyism, and liberal ideology never existed. The right screwed it up so bad the new lefties won't be able to fix it so it must be all the right wingers fault.
Corruption, cronyism, and pandering to the masses are not unique to right wingers. Lefties are just as bad. A corrupt politician is corrupt no matter what his party affiliation.

The people seem to be just as much to blame for Greece's mess as the Government. The Masses being talked about who are rioting in the streets are the ones who caused the mess. Most of them appear to be on the Government payroll, don't pay taxes, want to retire at 50 years old, want free health care, on and on and on.
They are running the country into the ground and all they can do is blame it on the right wing Politicians. They are protesting because the Government is going to make them work 40 hours a week. The banks are open an average 32 hours a week.
I know people here who wish they only had to work 40 hours a week.
They have people living in high dollar houses driving Porsche's claiming they only make $13,000.00 a year so they don't pay any taxes. There's no Real Estate tax.

I think someone needs to take some personal responsibility. Much like the "occupiers" here. And America is in the same boat. We have Public workers here who can retire with 20 years in. Great pensions, great health care, and earn nearly double what the private sector gets for doing the same job.