I am not pointing out @ any politician, I am stating facts that I see as a person who is in TOP % people in the world. Yes i am good at gaming the system, which gives me edge to make money exponentially , but what i am saying is not to call anyone who is not capable of understanding 'A Looser'. I don't agree with that. I was a worst looser, when i blow accounts for years, until i figured out the system and i am no longer a looser. I am rich and a winner. See how it works? Is this right? Let me tell you i used to hate rich people too when i was poor. As i climbed the system i came to realise that all these rules just do not make sense to me and everything in life can be gamed. Yes everything. I am Questioning this very monetary system, how people are misguided in this system. So right now the rich countries are gaming the poorer countries, how is this fair? Life is more than some system and Rules. Human Values are more and should always triumph anything for Greater Good.
Great, welcome gamer, you just cheated yourself to riches by own admission. I hope you enjoy your wealth that you gamed. Greek definition of solidarity, lol.
some truths you have keep it to yourself. It can be tough sometimes but what can you do. then 'I see my kids playing and want to go there and play, forget this world'.
spdracer, you're "volpunter fan club t-shirt" has been put in the mail. You should receive it next week. Welcome to the club!
Tsipras Releases Statement Following Greek "Deal", Will "Fight To Regain Lost National Sovereignty" Just released by the website of the Greek Prime Minister is Tsipras' statement about many things but most importanttly how he plans to "fight" to regain the "lost national sovereignty" - sovereignty which one may ask was lost by whom exactly... Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ statement following the conclusion of the Eurozone Summit We have been fighting hard for six months now, and we fought until the end to achieve the best possible outcome, an agreement that will enable the country to get back on its feet, and for the Greek people to be able to continue to fight. We faced tough decisions, tough dilemmas. We assumed responsibility for the decision in order to prevent the most extreme objectives from being implemented—those pushed for by the most extreme conservative forces in the European Union. The agreement calls for tough measures. However, we prevented the transfer of public property abroad, we prevented the financial asphyxiation and the collapse of the financial system—this was planned to the last detail – having recently been designed to perfection, and in the process of being implemented. Finally, in this tough battle, we managed to gain the restructuring of the debt and a financing process for the medium-term. We were aware that it would not be an easy task, but we have created a very important legacy. An important legacy, and a much-needed change throughout Europe. Greece will continue to fight, and we will continue to fight, so that we can return to growth, regain our lost national sovereignty. We earned our popular sovereignty. We sent a message of democracy, a message of dignity throughout Europe and the world. This is the most important legacy. Finally, I would like to thank all of my colleagues–ministers, colleagues and associates who gave, along with me, a very tough fight. A fight, which at the end of the day, will be vindicated. Today’s decision will maintain Greece’s financial stability and provide recovery potential. However, as we knew beforehand, the agreement will be difficult to implement. The measures include those that Parliament has voted on. Measures that will inevitably create recessionary trends. However, I am hopeful that the growth package of 35 billion euro that we achieved, debt restructuring, as well as securing funding for the next three years will create market confidence, so that investors realize that fears of a Grexit are a thing of the past—thereby fueling investment, which will offset any recessionary trends. I believe that a large majority of the Greek people will support the effort to return to growth; they acknowledge that we fought for a just cause, we fought until the end, we have been negotiating through the night, and no matter what the burdens will be, they will be allocated – we guarantee this – with social justice. And it will not be the case that those who have shouldered the burden during the last years will be stuck footing the bill once more. This time, those who avoided paying—many of whom were protected by the previous governments–will pay now, they, too, will shoulder the burden. Finally, I want to make this commitment: Now, we need to fight just as hard as we fought to achieve the best outcome abroad-in Europe, to rid vested interests in the country. Greece needs radical reforms in favor of social forces, and against the oligarchy that have led to the country’s current state. And this commitment to this new effort begins tomorrow.
Translation and Summary: "We have accepted each and every of the requirements that were on the table and basically duped our own people into believing the national referendum meant anything. In fact we accepted and agreed on the very same points that were on the table before we walked away 2 weeks ago".
Paul Vigna @paulvigna 1h1 hour ago Tsipras is going to get the worst welcome home of any Greek since Agamemnon.
Exactly. The only question will be what happens to the government. The EU needs to be careful or eventually the Greeks might elect people so radical that there will be no compromise whatsoever. Of course, that may just be the best for the EU and Greece anyway.