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Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Plowman wrote:

You put Spain and Portugal in the same economic state as Greece?
Why not Eire too?

I seem to remember PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain and
variations thereof) was a moniker for countries most under pressure
in
the financial crisis and possible candidates to exit the Eurozone?

And Ireland has seen the light and has no wish to leave the EU

because unlike us it hasn't been give a big bill to pay for the past 30
years, but has instead been given handouts

Ah - right. You dislike the idea of one country helping another. And the
principle that as that country become richer, it contributes to others.

no

I dislike the idea of being expected to help the poorer counties in a club
where it is the poor countries that make the rules

It isnt the poor countrys in the EU that make the EU rules.

If it was me, I'd dislike the idea that ****wits like the Irish
can do what they like and get bailed out when they ****
up, again and again and again with me paying for that.

Germany is starting to feel that way about Greece tho
in their case you can certainly make a case that is was
the kraut banks that were stupid enough to allow
Greece to do what it did and that should certainly
get to wear the cost of producing that situation.

Gets more complicated if the entire eurozone
implodes completely and brings the entire EU
economy down with it tho.