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Getting out of the euro

lundi 13 juillet 2015 à 14:00

The euro-plutocrats told the Greek government to "get serious" — that is, propose the sort of big budget cuts that the Greek people just voted against.

The banksters' politicians have increased their demands, making agreement impossible.

Tsipras presented a serious proposal, including debt relief, and they dismissed it out of hand. Greece has no partner for peace in Europe. All they want from Greece is surrender to further draining, which will make the problem worse (as it has done every year since it started).

The loans that Greece wants forgiven are those that were made as part of the "bailout" of the creditor-banks, which was supposed to give Greece a way out of the crisis but (predictably) made it worse.

Getting out of the euro will enable Greece to have an independent fiscal policy, which it needs.

However, that is not what most Greeks want. When they elected Syriza, they did not give Syriza a mandate to exit the euro. The referendum was about rejecting further bloodsucking by the banksters, but not directly about leaving the euro.

Thus, Tsipras is obliged to try his best to end the austerity while keeping Greece in the euro zone. He has to give the banksters a chance to accept this, so that if they reject it, it is clear that they are responsible and that he did his best.

I think that is clear, now. If the banksters continue punishing Greece as much as they can, I think Greeks will accept leaving the euro.