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Originally Posted by JollyRoger
The comparision is false. The Greeks decided to let everyone retire at 53 years of age on a government pension. That is clearly excessive, and does not compare to the United States in any way. They also were passing out Christmas bonuses to government workers equal to 14 months of pay, something that would cause a Republican riot if it were to happen here.
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They also do a lousy job collecting taxes. |
You write that as if ONLY repubs would object to such a plan. Sadly, you are probably right. Obama would suggest that here, and you'd not object at all---as long as they confiscated enough money from the top 1% to offset at least some of it.