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Greek police clash with anti-austerity protesters

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ATHENS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Greek protesters clashed with police and set fire to cars and a hotel in central Athens on Wednesday as tens of thousands marched against austerity measures aimed at pulling the country out of a debt crisis.

Riot police responded with dozens of rounds of teargas in clashes that lasted more than an hour in the biggest and most violent march since three people died in protests in May. Police chased hooded youths who threw sticks and stones.

Hours earlier, parliament approved reforms and spending cuts that are a condition of a 110-billion-euro ($150-billion) EU/IMF bailout granted in May in exchange for austerity measures.

UPDATE 5-Greek police clash with anti-austerity protesters | Reuters


Get the popcorn folk, these are coming attractions on its way to a city in the US near you.




Looks fun eh?


j-mac
 
Nobody should like austerity, seeing as how it is the economic elite's way of getting the poor to pay for their f-ups.
 
That's what happens when you use government to take from some and hand out to others. They are too use to it, and their reaction? Violence.

Isn't that what this really is? We will violently take what we think is ours?
 
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Nobody should like austerity, seeing as how it is the economic elite's way of getting the poor to pay for their f-ups.


Tell me, in your home budget, do you practice any of what could be termed "austerity" measures? I be willing to bet you do. In that case whom are you punishing?


j-mac
 
Get the popcorn folk, these are coming attractions on its way to a city in the US near you.




Looks fun eh?


j-mac


Dont worry.. American's dont have the balls to demonstrate against the government. Not to mention the US has not cut spending in generations.... And for the record.. the Greeks got into this trouble thanks to a right wing government.. UPS!
 
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Tell me, in your home budget, do you practice any of what could be termed "austerity" measures? I be willing to bet you do. In that case whom are you punishing?


j-mac

LOLZ I'm in college, thus I have no home budget.
 
That's what happens when you use government to take from some and hand out to others. They are too use to it, and their reaction? Violence.

Isn't that what this really is? We will violently take what we think is ours?


Exactly Mach, and when government continues to act like the money you labor for is theirs and they "LET" you keep some of it, and spend the rest recklessly people get mad. But hey, let's not stop a good thing....The bank of China seems to be open and ready to go!


j-mac
 
Exactly Mach, and when government continues to act like the money you labor for is theirs and they "LET" you keep some of it, and spend the rest recklessly people get mad. But hey, let's not stop a good thing....The bank of China seems to be open and ready to go!


j-mac

Yea yea.. and where were those "prinicples" during the last 30 years under Republican administrations and/or Republican controlled congress? No where.. they spent like drunken sailors and make "Euros" look like amateurs.
 
Yea yea.. and where were those "prinicples" during the last 30 years under Republican administrations and/or Republican controlled congress? No where.. they spent like drunken sailors and make "Euros" look like amateurs.


Hardly....Let's see, 30 years ago I was 18 yrs old and barely even concerned with politics. But I think if you were to do an honest assessment of spending in this country liberals far outweigh the destructive spending that has gone on.


j-mac
 
Hardly....Let's see, 30 years ago I was 18 yrs old and barely even concerned with politics. But I think if you were to do an honest assessment of spending in this country liberals far outweigh the destructive spending that has gone on.


j-mac

By "destructive" do you mean social programs that try to help ordinary people instead of giving tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans?
 
By "destructive" do you mean social programs that try to help ordinary people instead of giving tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans?


Your propaganda has been addressed many times. Heck, Obama doesn't even use the "tax cuts for the wealthy" anymore.....Get with it man.


j-mac
 
Get the popcorn folk, these are coming attractions on its way to a city in the US near you.




Looks fun eh?


j-mac



Its just Eurotrash just being Eurotrash who think that everybody else who works for their money somehow owes them something. If those idiots are not careful their governments might ban protests or claim that kind of protests is a form of hate speech.
 
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Your propaganda has been addressed many times. Heck, Obama doesn't even use the "tax cuts for the wealthy" anymore.....Get with it man.


j-mac

What "propaganda" have I been saying? Please cite specific examples
 
Its just Eurotrash just being Eurotrash think that everybody else who works for their money somehow owes them something. If those idiots are not careful their governments might ban protests or claim that kind of protests is a form of hate speech.

No doubt I agree. But how far away is the US from that, I'd say listen to liberal radicals in this country and I determine not far at all.


j-mac
 
By "destructive" do you mean social programs that try to help ordinary people instead of giving tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans?
Yes. They took that money from other people, and are doing things with it that those people don't support.

Yes, that's destructive, why can you not understand this? Do you want people to vote on a reality TV show and determine how much you should be spending on your kids?
Wait, that's not realistic. Do you want someone to force you to PAY FOR the reality TV show,that then votes on how you spend your money on your children? It's destructive, and aside from war/conquest has probably destroyed more civilizations in human history than any other reason.

Government should support our freedoms and ensure them, and check power. That's about it. The rest, is up to us. that is, you, and me, to go out and bust ass to make a buck in the manner that best suits our goals and dreams..(or the nagging of our wife), whatever.
 
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No doubt I agree. But how far away is the US from that, I'd say listen to liberal radicals in this country and I determine not far at all.


j-mac

I do not think liberals in this country are stupid enough to think that rioting and vandalizing property because they want to mooch off tax payers will score them cool points or get them what they want.
 
Hardly....Let's see, 30 years ago I was 18 yrs old and barely even concerned with politics. But I think if you were to do an honest assessment of spending in this country liberals far outweigh the destructive spending that has gone on.


j-mac

And where were you the last 30 years then? Where were you during the last decade when your national debt doubled?
 
I do not think liberals in this country are stupid enough to think that rioting and vandalizing property because they want to mooch off tax payers will score them cool points or get them what they want.

No, rioting will not help as it will work againist us, however I do support non-violent protests.
 
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No, rioting will not help as it will work againist us, however I do support non-violent protests.

Regardless if it is violent protest or a peaceful protest it still looks like spoiled rotten ungrateful children throwing a tantrum.
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