Σόιμπλε-Schauble prays...

The German minister of finance manages with his speeches and demands to prove everyday why the Greeks must remain in the European Union. With his deep understanding of markets, finances, debt, restructuring, taxation, pensions, expenses, inflation, cost of living and all things to do with "hard" numbers, Wolfgang is certainly the right man for the job. I certainly understand him when he asks for deeper cuts and more sacrifices. I hear ya brother. I too am a fan of Schaublenomics. Why should the Greeks expect anything else? Why should we want elections? Why not just take your advice and accept a German technocrat appointee to run our country? We certainly faired well with our German king the last time the Europeans were so gracious as to allow us to become part of your honored continent. I am sure his great-great grandson Konstantinos Glixmbourg would be more than willing to reclaim the throne. Certainly we have a democracy right now but with 40 members of parliament being kicked out of their parties it stands to reason that soon our coalition government will be a minority government. In the polls both parties combined can't muster even a third of the vote. Elections today would mean deep changes in our political system. Greek changes. I see mr. Wolfgang that you are busy praying that this will not happen. I see that you are smug having already raked in 200 billion euros of our money. We know the truth, you can't hide it with fake numbers. I know as I watch you praying to your god. I see you doing the sign of the cross mr. Wolfgang, too bad you are doing it with your left hand...

Mr. Schauble, certainly I exaggerate and take poetic liscence sometimes. I must say though that so many of the problems that we face today originated in your neck of the woods. So many scandals and huge sums of public money that mysteriously dissapeared to the north. Too bad wikileaks isn't around to publish some of these facts. Having extorted a new loan agreement from the present Greek parliament and refusing to recognize us Greeks the basic right of a vote exemplifies the differences in our cultures. Whereas democracy is based on certain rights of the individual by mere right of birth in your mind we have to earn these rights. This however is an illusion, similar to our national debt. Earning the right to vote is ridiculous and certainly undemocratic. It is a thin disguise of the deep need of some to bend the will of others. We all have free will by our nature and the right to vote is meant to accomodate that free will. It is a compromise. We all demand the right to vote and to chose collectively our next compromise. Just wait and see.