http://blogs.reuters.com/james-saft/2011/11/03/europes-three-simple-problems/ Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-saft/2011/11/03/europes-three-simple-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-988 ARJTurgot2 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:23:08 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-saft/?p=637#comment-988 Meanwhile, France, teetering on the brink is AAA, while the U.S. is AA+. Meanwhile, France, teetering on the brink is AAA, while the U.S. is AA+.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/james-saft/2011/11/03/europes-three-simple-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Lambick Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:25:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-saft/?p=637#comment-987 Democracy is a word much bandied about lately. The problem is that there are so many approaches that you often get long and inconclusive debates when someone raises the subject. For example, a large majority of the Greeks want to stay within the Euro, so we may assume that they are willing to accept certain rigours to get there, meaning that the technocrat government is fully legitimate. If a plebiscite cannot be held for reasons of it jeopardising the process of remaining in the Euro, then calling off the referendum was a democratic act. Mr. Saft, let's please try to get things done and not waste time on convoluted discussions on what exactly democracy means. It doesn't mean much when your children are hungry. Democracy is a word much bandied about lately. The problem is that there are so many approaches that you often get long and inconclusive debates when someone raises the subject. For example, a large majority of the Greeks want to stay within the Euro, so we may assume that they are willing to accept certain rigours to get there, meaning that the technocrat government is fully legitimate. If a plebiscite cannot be held for reasons of it jeopardising the process of remaining in the Euro, then calling off the referendum was a democratic act. Mr. Saft, let’s please try to get things done and not waste time on convoluted discussions on what exactly democracy means. It doesn’t mean much when your children are hungry.

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