German minister first in govt call for Greece euro exit

The Greek economy is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme in reverse. These handouts--don't call them bailouts--were never about Greece, but buying time for German and French backs to rid themselves of the Greek exposure they so greedily took on.

Make them an offer they can't refuse!

Greece should never been accepted into the euro. Their economy is seasonal, harvest or tourist related it can not compete with a year round manufacturing economy like Germany. To put their currency on par with Germany or other like based countries was a disaster waiting to happen.

The EU Greece Situation must come to a head. Greece is a National Example of What Happens when a Gigantic Public Union is basically the Major Part of the Economy of a Nation or State. Private Enterprise flees such entities because they are taxed into oblivion to support the bloated salaries and pensions of these"Public Workers". Eventually nepotism and cronyism set in and these "Public Unions" become self-perpetuating Aristocracies which control the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the states that they infest. Make no mistake about it, these people and their relatives Vote --- especially in off-year elections where they are almost a majority of the votes cast. When these "Public Unions" don't get their way through fair governmental or democratic processes, e.g., Wisconsin, they resort to riots, suppression of opposition to themselves, and even violence. We've seen this in Greece, and we've seen it in Wisconsin in the United States. Oregon is another prime example of this syndrome, in just two or three years, it will take the entire Oregon State Budget just to pay the bloated pensions of Oregon Public Workers ---- there will be nothing left for salaries, schools, infrastructure, Nothing, Nada. At that point Oregon will in fact be Bankrupt in the truest sense of the word. The people there are "totally tapped out", tax-wise, they have, in actual reality, 20% unemployment, and no industry in it's right mind will move there because of the Horrific TAXES and massive environmental obstructionism. The "environmentalists" there have shut down most of the timber industry for years and stop any other industry/employer that tries to go there (e.g., a 600 million LNG Installation at Astoria which would have supplied competitive, cheap Natural Gas to Portland and half of Oregon and 2000 high-paying jobs, most Wal*Marts or Sams - they won't unionize, so they're out, and any U.S. Defense Industry --- cause they make weapons that kill people); Every species there has been protected completely --- except the human species, many of whom are starving in the streets of Portland or "living" off of Food Stamps, unemployment, welfare, selling drugs, prostitution, burglary, robbery, fraud, etc. There is no Free Meal, someone has to pay for it --- Greece is fixing to find this out.

Germany should leave the eurozone. It is a farce. No good will come of it! The whole "EU", is a bad joke.

If I am correct, the Greek debt is currently at about 1.8 times their GDP, while ours is at about 1.3 ... are we next?

I'd think that the entire middle class of the EU would want out.
The prices of everything doubled there as soon as they went to the Euro and when I asked the average workers in Hotels, Restaurants etc they say they only saw about a %10-20 increase in salary.

Greece should not have been in the EU in the first place, as they lied to get in.

Rather than dignify Greece's leaving the euro by calling it an "exit," it would be more appropriate to call it a "bum's rush," or simply say that Greece, after showing predictable piggishness from high and low in its gimme society, was "86'd out of Europe."

Good for Hans! Europe needs to get rid of the dead weight. Only problem is, the dead weight comprises about 75 percent of the EU.

The Greeks are a joke. They want everyone to bail them out, yet do nothing to stop the country in heading to ruins. KICK THEM OUT!

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM...

California - Americas GREECE!

Greece, dead country walking!

That's what I have adcocated. Greece can remain in the EU but must stop using Euro.

greed and get rich quick schemes brought greece into the euro zone

Greece..our #$%$ neighbors

I'm not a fan of the CSU. But in this instance Hans-Peter Friedrich is totally correct. It's absolutely ridiculous that a country as insignificant as Greece messes up the whole Eurozone.

Friedrich for Chancellor!

considering the ''Non-Solution Solution'' they signed a few days back (They are still allowed to run at a 160% Debt Growing pace and not till 2020 when it drops to 120%) This is the best decision to make before a European depression spreads like a wildfire around the world.