Greek Crisis Translated
2001 Greece: Hey can we join the Eurozone? Europe: How is your economy? Greece: I’d say strong to um… quite strong? Europe: Welcome aboard! 2010 Greece: Hey Europe! We’re having a tough time with the financial crisis. Could you lend us some money? Pundits: CONTAGION!!! PIIGS!!! RINGWALL!!! Europe: Sure, this should cover you for the next three years or so. Try to cut back on expenses since times are tough, ok? 2012 Greece: Ok, this is kind of embarrassing, but do you think you could spot us some more cash? We’ll use that to make payments on the money you loaned us three years ago and we’ll definitely pay you back this time. Pundits: GREXIT!!! Europe: Ok, but you’ve really got to cut back on expenses this time. 2014-2015 Greece: I was going to pay you back, but ummm Europe: Hey I did some digging and your economy wasn’t ‘quite strong’ in…