“If we were the problem, it would be very convenient, kick Greece out, everything's fine. But what happened to Spain? What about Portugal? What about Italy? What about the whole of the Eurozone? We need more cooperation and less simplification and prejudice about what has to happen.” IfsNeedsWholeProblemHappensWould BeFinePrejudiceKicksZoneCooperationSpainGreeceConvenientEuroSimplificationPortugal Author:George Papandreou
“It sure did kick up some excitement in the Senate when one Senator called the other Senators 'sons of Wild jackasses.' Well, if you thought it made the Senators hot, you wait till you see what happens when the jackasses hear how they have been slandered.” IfsWellsHas BeensMadeHappensAmericaWaitingSonHotCongressExcitementKicksSenateSenatorsJackasses Book:Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties Source: Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties
“It doesn't take a genius to see what happens when the entitlement state outgrows the economy upon which it rests. The time of Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, the rest of insolvent social-democratic Europe — and now Detroit — is the time for conservatives to raise the banner of Stein's Law and yell "Stop." You can kick the can down the road, but at some point it falls over a cliff.” StatesHappensLawSocialEconomyGeniusEuropeRaisesDemocraticDisappearKicksSpainGreeceCliffsEntitlementDetroitDown The RoadBannerPortugalCyprus Author:Charles Krauthammer