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What brings up talk of a stimulus? Kurt said that nobody has discusses anything that would address this issue, that issue being a laborious system of protecting turf, with licenses, etc that make it hard to start new businesses. Same thing is going on here, to a lesser extent. And dealing with that has always been a core conservative position.
On the other hand, you're here complaining on the one hand that the Greek govt wound up driving salaries and benefits to unsustainable levels both in govt and the private sector, yet at the same time you're bitching that those salaries have now been cut 20%?
As for any govt stimulus in Greece, the problem is they can't borrow any more money. Soon the USA will be in that position too. Yet you insist that we keep stimulating with more govt programs, more govt spending. In the case of Greece, trying to fix their economy by doing that, isn't going to work. It's like giving an alcoholic another drink instead of real treatment.
Tourists generally don't prefer countries with riots in the streets, hippies burning down buildings and cars, etc.